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Re: Lunatic Survey

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Sunday, September 27, 1998, 0:15
Laurie Gerholz wrote:
> It > usually comes up right after mentioning that I'm studying a foreign > language (Japanese, currently) just because I want to
Cool! You're taking Japanese too? I've just started. How is your name rendered in katakana? Is it Roori Geroruzu?
> Also martial arts (for some reason I *never* hear condescension after > that one).
I suppose it's because that's seen as "practical", you can defend yourself from attack with martial arts.
> Since Lizard Speech > was spoken by sentient bipedal lizards, I have taken a few stabs at > adjusting the phonology to what speech sounds a lizard might be able to > produce.
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