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Re: the i-language

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Thursday, July 6, 2000, 10:56
At 19:36 05/07/00 +0200, you wrote:
>Hello y'all/[jau]/you guys/etc. > >In Swedish (and probably most European languages) there is a >game called _i-språket_ or rather _i-sprikit_ 'the i-language', >when you change all the vowels to /i/. Thee riseelt is finny, >bit yee still indeersteend ivrything thit is sid. >
We have it in French too, but it's not considered a game. It's the way French people caricature French-speaking Arabs, who are supposed to change all the vowels to /i/. Christophe Grandsire |Sela Jemufan Atlinan C.G. "Reality is just another point of view." homepage : http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr (ou : http://www.bde.espci.fr/homepages/Christophe.Grandsire/index.html)