Re: Insults was (Re: Fw: translation needed)

>From: Daniel Andreasson <noldo@...>
>Reply-To: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...>
>To: Multiple recipients of list CONLANG <CONLANG@...>
>Subject: Insults was (Re: Fw: translation needed)
>Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 14:45:50 +0100
>
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>I also thought about using other people's conlangs, especially Asiteya
>because it sounds so soft and nice and no one would ever believe we're
>saying nasty things like: "Your father is eating grass" and "yo' mama
>so fat..." or "I rule" or "I'm the greatest man alive, please clean
>my shoes". Anyway, the problem with that is obviously that not many
>people has made up the words we need. So I think we'll go for Rinya
>after all.
>
>So, what do you guys think? I really would like some comments on this.
>
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>Daniel Andreasson | daniel@conlang.nu | http://conlang.nu
>Useful Malay phrase: "Kena besi duri" - 'I got caught in
>some barbed wire'.
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I'm flattered? I'll get around to translating those sometime. Actually, the
worst thing you can say to someone in Asiteya is "Na Itaiya syoxahane
n@thasesi," or "May the earth vomit your corpse." Or maybe you could call
them an "oxahame faru," "dirt eater." Vulgarity is all cultural context.

Jennifer

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