Re: CHAT: Opperlands
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, May 12, 1999, 14:07 |
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Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
> No: Hottentottententententoonstelling...
So. Not too bad for doing it from memory: I got the number of
consecutive "-ten-"s right (four) and only missed the second "o"
in "-toon-". To paraphrase Geoffrey Pullum, Opperlands is a
language in which my natural and unfettered human ability for
communication is rather fettered.
--
John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org
You tollerday donsk? N. You tolkatiff scowegian? Nn.
You spigotty anglease? Nnn. You phonio saxo? Nnnn.
Clear all so! 'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)