Re: Ennui (was Re: Multilingual translation exercise, part 1)

On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 07:35:02 -0400 John Cowan <jcowan@...>
writes:
> Nihil Sum scripsit:
> > And since we're on the topc of mangling French loanwords: does
> anybody know
> > how the "f" got into "lieutenant"?
> Only in Rightpondia and Northicia[*], be it noted; here in Lower
> Leftpondia,
> [*] And the other Rightpondian colonies, such as Downundria,
> Sarfeffrica, Bharattia, Cecilia, and of course Aotearoa.
> John Cowan <jcowan@...>
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okay...
if i've got this right, you're talking about...

Rightpondia = Britain
Northicia = Canada
Lower Leftpondia = USA
Downundria = Australia
Sarfeffrica = South Africa
Bharattia = India
Aotearoa = New Zealand

So what's "Cecilia"?  It can't be Sicily...  Ghana?  Belize? uh....?


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