Re: Inspiration, from Frankfurter Rundschau manglestrings to miniconlang

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 00:02:43 +0100, vaksje <vaksje@...> wrote:

> Though I must admit to be somewhat inactive on the conlanging front,
> this little fragment of manglement caught by interest:
>
>> Kahnadggur Voh ox issencil oi Dssencil
>
> This of course begs for the creation of a miniconlang [1] based on the
> above fragment. I doubt it'll inspire anyone.
This is clearly a "quod licet Iovi non licet bovi" line.

        kahnad-ggur voh o-x    is-sen-cil oi ds-sen-cil
        allow-PPL thing as-NEG low-PL-DAT as god-PL-DAT

so "The thing [='What(ever)'] allowed, is not to the low [= men] as it is
to the gods."



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