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Re: Classic, Normal, and Vulgar Lingo

From:Matt Pearson <jmpearson@...>
Date:Friday, January 21, 2000, 21:36
Padraic Brown wrote, about "Aquiliad":

>It's a great read for conculturists amongst us. Some kind of >transdimensional criminal gives "19th century" technology to ancient >Romans, most notably a fairly practical steam engine and bicycles >(almost all of which were destroyed in some Emperor's spectacle - I >think bicyculated pygmies hunting ostriches or similar), which of >course severely distorts and infects the continuum. The Romans have >several provinces in North America, etc. > >The story eventually gets around to a confrontation between this time >criminal and these aliens' version of the Temporal Affairs bureau. > >Oh, conlang related: all sorts of New Latin words are introduced, such >as scientifictio, which apparently is some kind of outlandish tale >based on improbable science, set in an alternate reality; and >quoiotulus, a kind of wild dog.
Aztec loanwords in Latin - I love it! (Shouldn't it be "coiotulus", though?) So who wrote this book, anyway? You neglected to mention... Matt.