In a message dated 2000:09:29 10:33:53 PM, smithma@UCLA.EDU writes:
>Okay, I've finally been able to write the t-shirt slogan in Telek. And
>here it is (drum-roll please):
>
>Fight linguistic extinction... invent a language!
>
>Telegdonnesned ba'kalym: tellaad sajmo.
>
>Teleg-donnes-n-ed ba'kalym tella-ad sajmo
>language-wilt-GER-ACC oppose language-ACC grow
>"Oppose the wilting of languages: artistically create a language."
NICE PUNNING!!! BraVO!!!
It is good idea to let the ConLang shape the idioms and metaphors... and
you have done a good job in this phrase alone... I like...
::goes back to Viivo notes to make a PostIt note to self to let metaphors
and idioms creep in like weeds...::
::in awe::
czHANg