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Re: Re : Re: A request from a non-conlanger

From:Charles <catty@...>
Date:Wednesday, October 13, 1999, 22:15
From Http://Members.Aol.Com/Lassailly/Tunuframe.Html wrote:

> tunuans would translate "bullshit" as "nini simo" > ( [nini Simo] ) which means "this (is) true" > because saying "this is true" implies that you could reversely consider=
that
> "this is untrue" (nini nyasimo : [nini =F1aSimo]).
How do Tunus say "riiight!" meaning "it isn't right"? Then one could say "seeeennsible!" to mean "bloviation" to mean BS. Is there a sarcasm/irony morpheme? I think you just opened Pandora's can of worms.