Re: [Conlangs-Conf] Witty slogan

Sally Caves:

> There was another one, really quite beautiful but probably too long to be a
> witty slogan, and not witty enough:  it's attributed to Vladimir Illich-Svitych,
> who invented it for translation into Nostratic, and it provided us with a
> translation contest:
>
> Language is a ford through the river of time.
> It leads us to the dwelling of the Dead,
> But he cannot arrive there who fears deep water.

That's really pretty.

Would it go well on a tshirt though, compared to something more slogan
/ mottolike like Ellen's "Your world / your language / your rules"
suggestion?

 - Sai

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