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Re: Uk-Ugh (was: A quick new project)

From:Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
Date:Friday, March 8, 2002, 18:05
Raymond wrote:
> >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. >-------------------------------------------------------------------- >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"? >
The point of Ugh (I can't speek for Uk, since it wasn't I who invented it) is that to the speaker it means whatever speaker wants it to mean, and to listener whatever the listener wants it to mean. Andreas _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com

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