Re: Telek -- Invent a Language

On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Marcus Smith wrote:

> 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.
:-p  Something like that, yes.

> > > 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?
No, not at all!  It was just a stray thought passing through.

> 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.
=^)  Now I can go around saying that to people who'll never be able to
figure out what I mean.

Cheers,
YHL