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Re: [humour] unphronounceable xoundz

From:H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...>
Date:Wednesday, November 22, 2000, 17:27
I'm really, really tempted to do a trial run of the phonological relay
here, so, I'll take this message as the guinea pig :-P

On Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 09:01:10AM -0500, Oskar Gudlaugsson wrote:
> Phor those phthools out there who ctan't phronounce all the ctool > chthlusters around, helph is on the way:
Orthography: f0r dhoo's Puu's 0t dher hu te'n fon0s 0l dh3 Tuu'l Kras3r s3r0n, he'f is 0n dh3 vee'. IPA transcription (Kirsch): [Note: I've omitted the accent marks because I'm not really sure how to mark a pitch accent in IPA] FA*. Do:s p<h>u:s ?At DV"*. hu t&n FonAs Al DV" t<h>u:l k<h>*.asV"*. sV"*.An heF ?is ?An DV" B&: I'm really tempted to render this in native script as well, but since I haven't programmed the font in Metafont yet, it will be a very tedious cut-n-paste process which I'm too lazy to go through right now :-) (Besides, the result would be something no Bisedi would swallow... nope, the Ebisedi won't let me get away with such a mutilation of their beloved language :-P)
> http://www.theonion.com/onion2816/vowels2816.html
So, will the next shipment be to ancient Greece? ;-) T -- PNP = Plug 'N' Pray