Uk-Ugh (was: A quick new project)

At 8:31 pm +0100 7/3/02, Christophe Grandsire wrote:
>En réponse à Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>:
>
>>
>> That's why they're the ultimate IALs. Whatever people say to you, you
>> can
>> interpret it as somethign suitably politically correct an inoffensive!
>>
>
>Or the worst, as whatever people say to you, you can interpret it as the worst
>insult possible :)) . And my understanding is that people always take the
>worst
>interpretation possible, if only to be able to insult back :)) .
Yes, indeed - having lived more than 60 years on this planet, it's been my
experience that if something can be unfavorably misconstrued, it will be
unfavorably miscontrued.

But Andreas is probably right about the ultimate IAL.  My sad experience of
a few years in Auxlangland (which I regret) is that auxlangers' favorite
past-time is insulting one another, so the uk-ugh language with, as
Christophe has pointed out, unlimited possibilities for insult is probably
just the job.
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At 1:19 pm -0600 7/3/02, William Annis wrote:
>Inspired by Uk and Ugh, a slight misquote of Humpty Dumpty:
>
>"When I say a word it means exactly what I want it to mean, no more
>and no less."
But isn't the point of the Uk-Ugh language that words mean exactly what the
_listener_ wants the to mean, i.e. "reverse Humpty-Dumpty"?

Ray.








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