Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
>Lovely! I didn't do anything nearly so interesting..."language,"
>"speech" and "song" are all expressed by the same word in Chevraqis.
>Boring. <G>
I like the combination of "speech" and "song". I wouldn't have thought of
that. It also shows the importance of singing to your culture -- I pressume.
> > Hmm... "Grow a tongue". That sounds like an idiomatic expression for
> > "speak up." Woohoo!! Since its a common expression, the object will have
> > to be incorporated, so _tellasajmo_ '(A) express ones opinion, participate
> > in a conversation'.
>
>=^) That's really fun. I haven't even tried to tackle puns! Now, would
>a rude way to say "shut up" be something like "may your tongue wilt!"?
>Or am I reading too much into this? =^)
I LOVE IT!! Mind if I borrow the idea?
lotella sodonnesal
lo-tella so-donnes-al
2sP-tongue AsP-wilt-CAUSE
'Make your tongue wilt!"
Maybe that should even be shortened to: _sodennesal_ 'make it wilt' since
it is a common expression after all.
You've just earned yourself an expression of gratitude in the introduction
to my grammar. ;-)
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Marcus Smith
AIM: Anaakoot
"When you lose a language, it's like
dropping a bomb on a museum."
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