by. The "If you call me insane again..." page, at long last!
| From: | James Campbell <james@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, July 22, 2001, 14:23 |
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> Some of you may remember several months ago, when several people
> translated the phrase "If you call me insane again, I'll eat your other
> eye." (which was in my .sig file at the time) into their own languages.
OK, here goes...
Norwegian (Bokmål):
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Hvis du kaller meg for sinnssyk en gang til, så skal jeg spise det andre
øyet ditt.
[Taliesin or any other native speaker, please correct if necessary.]
Jameld:
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Eöx ye nimen dëvo ime yeck, me tsald mesten yeü uthi iy.
(lit. If you call again me mad, I shall eat your other eye.)
Jameld (Börgeslant dialect):
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Ex the nimen dëv' ime yeck, me tsal' meste yeyt uthit igh.
(Note 'the'=thou; this dialect retains some gender features: 'igh' is
neuter, hence the neuter endings on the preceding adjectives.)
[If there are any native Jameld-speakers reading this, please let me know,
as I must have drifted into an alternative universe.]
NB: t-s ligatures now appear as just ts in emails, so "tsald" above should
be read /Sald/.
Hauf,
Jamets
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james@zolid.com James Campbell Zeugma--Our Life Is Design www.zolid.com
If you want to find the way back home, I'll just step aside
If you're lost and you want to stay lost, I could be your guide
Colorblind James 1952-2001
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