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Re: conlang t-shirt

From:Matt Pearson <jmpearson@...>
Date:Monday, October 18, 1999, 22:04
>I'm collecting all text phrases; if you want it in your own script >please send me a GIF, black on white, preferably either with about >1 cm high letters when printed or larger so I can reduce it, and >indicate which is the top so I don't make foolish mistakes.
Since it sounds like this T-shirt thing may actually get produced, let me add Tokana to the mix: "Your language here" = "Te sulko tule lhimat" This is literally "The language-your would be-here-DEP" (where DEP = the dependent ending which attaches to embedded verbs). The auxiliary verb "tule" is nicely ambiguous between "would" and "should", so the phrase could mean "Your language would be here" or "Your language ought to be here". Matt.