> --- Christopher Wright <faceloran@...> wrote: >
> > >( except of course people in essex
> > >don't need to be able to spell in the first place
> > >;')
> >
> > Why wouldn't they?
> >
>
> sorry, in-joke for the englishers on the list. essex
> is famed for producing girls who are pale of hair,
> feeble of intellect, and easy of morals. and for
> producing boys that actually find these people
> attractive. essex girl jokes are therefore rife:
>
> how do you tell an essex girl's been using your
> computer ?
> —tippex on the screen
>
> how does an essex girl turn the light on in the
> morning ?
> —open the door of the ford cortina
>
> how do you make an essex girl's eyes light up ?
> —shine a torch in her ear
>
> it's been claimed that chatham ( a town on the river
> medway in the kentish thames estuary ) is the new
> chatham, but its inhabitants have darker greasier
> hair, bigger earrings, and a very different accent (
> characteristic : prolongued vowels, particularly [&]
> ).
>
> all stereotypes, but it's scary how much truth there
> is in them.
>
> bn
>
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> From: "Hiro M." <hiro_m_2k@...>
> Subject: I was wondering...
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> I am designing a language similar to several southeast
> Asian languages, and I've decided on the sounds, but
> whenever I try to make a script, it never looks good
> enough.
>
> So, I was wondering: would anyone here be interested
> in helping me design a script?