Re: Much crying for little wool
| From: | BP Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, April 23, 2000, 11:34 |
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At 09:39 21.4.2000 +0100, James Campbell wrote:
> > From: BP Jonsson <bpj@...>
> >
> > As the Swedish saying goes: "Much crying for little wool, said he who
> > shaved the pig."
>
>In the original, please! That's too good to forget.
"Mycket skrik för lite ull, sa han som klippte grisen."
Or as I first heard it from my grandmother:
"Mô skrï fô lïda ûll, sa dän sôm klêppte grïs'n"
Where
ô = low central rounded
û = high central rounded
ê = short, lax between i and e
ï = long, fricative i (syllabic [z])
ä = lower than in standard Germqan or Swedish, but not as pharyngealized as
English /&/.
Jä prâder ênte ütÿdelit, jä e frå Ourst!
/BP
B.Philip Jonsson
mailto:bpj@netg.se
mailto:melroch@my-deja.com
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