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Re: Amanda's choice (was: Re: Conlang T Shirt)

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Tuesday, November 2, 1999, 22:50
Amanda Babcock wrote:

> Only because in this example "delye teryek arya" sounded too > repetitious to me, especially since every word in the example sentence is > accented on the first syllable (it's the dominant stress pattern in this > language) and it was very sing-songy.
"When ten low words oft creep in one dull line." -- Alexander Pope -- John Cowan http://www.reutershealth.com jcowan@reutershealth.com Schlingt dreifach einen Kreis vom dies! / Schliess eurer Aug vor heiliger Schau Den er genoss vom Honig-Tau / Und trank die Milch vom Paradies. -- Coleridge (tr. Politzer)