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Re: Franj Travellers' Phrasebook

From:Rodlox <rodlox@...>
Date:Saturday, February 5, 2005, 18:19
> Rodlox <Rodlox@...> wrote:
> > (is there a Franj equivilent to that term about getting along well?). > >*curious* > > Not yet. I'm still working!
no hurry; I was only curious. sorry.
> >> Do you speak ...? Sàvez-vùs...? /s&v'e:z vy:s/ (formal)
> > would "Persian" be _Fars_? (with or without the horizontal line over
the
> >A). > > _Fars_. No accent on the a. (a-grave is my romanisation of /&/, as > opposed to _a_ = /a/).
ah. okay. thank you.
> Some people might say _Farseix_ > > >> > >> I don't speak Franj very well. > >> Jù nen sàvi yàxi Franj. /dZy: nE~n s&v'i: j&'Si: frO:~nZ/ > > nobody's perfect. > > :)
> [smile] > > Hey, it's diffiult to learn an incomplete language!
I agree. (also tough to learn a complete one, imho).
> Have mercy! ;)
if anything, it is I who should ask mercy of you.
> >> I am the walrus, > >> Jù esti li ualrox, > > > > is that written as a statement of fact, a joke, or a figure of speech? > >*curious* > > > [Ha!] > > It was in the phrasebook.
oh. sorry.
> I assumed it was taken from a phrasebook for a > conlang (natlang???) spoken by walruses. You mean it wasn't? :)
I have no idea.
> >> As always, comments welcome, > > > > I hope mine helped spark ideas. > > Indeed. Thanks!
you're welcome.