Re: A wacky language

One more brilliant idea :

r) Split any sentence in 2 simultaneous 'voices' (if
oral) or 'lines' (if written): the main voice (throat
voice for ex) is used for the predicate, and the
secund one (whistling voice ?) for the metapredicate
(modalities). So you'll get to something like :

1st voice: The quick brown fox jumps  over the lazy
dog
2nd voice: this is true, I witness it - - how bad to
be so lazy !

I can't see why you should be laughing. Mongols use
two-voice singing quite naturally. Then if your hands
and ears are free, you can use them in the same time
to denote deference towards your interlocutor, by
moving them in various ways. And tap your feet on the
floor to indicate which words should be understood as
in italics, bold or underlined.

--- Jim Grossmann <jimg4732@...> wrote:
> For a wacky language...
>
> a)  lexicalize tense   (e.g.   "walk" = gumgachka
> "walked" = yiflu)
>
> b)  lexicalize definite vs. indefinite nouns   (e.g.
>   "the man" = gofo, "a
> man" = sihrijai)
>
> c)  obligatorily mark subject class or gender with
> the number of slurping
> noises at the end of the sentence
>
> d)  mark politeness in various ways by slapping
> one's own face and/or one's
> interlocuter's in specific sequences
>
> f)   make oral occlusion with the hand-palm phonemic
>
> g)   make denasalization by nostril-pinching
> phonemic
>
> h)   forbid all consonant clusters in your language
> except for final "dkfsp"
>
> i)   make sure your verbs have ameleorate and
> pejorative forms that apply to
> tense...
>
> e.g.   past ameleorate, denoting action occurring in
> the good old days
> past pejorative, denoting action occurring in the
> dark ages
> present & future ameleorate, denoting action
> occurring in this wonderful age
> of progress
> present & future pejorative, denoting action
> occurring in this wretched,
> deteriorating world
>
> j) make sure that all people are given titles, even
> babies, that must be
> used under all circumstances, and make each title a
> minimum of ten syllables
> long
>
> k)   make the masculine first person singular
> pronoun identical in form to
> the word for "penis," and make the feminine first
> person singular pronoun
> identical in form to the word for "vagina"
>
> l)  have one third person pronoun and make it
> identical in form to the word
> for "nose hair"
>
> m)  negate by triplication!   (e.g.  fi = "run"
> fififi = "not run"
>
> n)  have all particles consist of sequences of ten
> vowels  (e.g.  "and" =
> aioiuaeuia)
>
> o)  have 34 second-person pronouns, each 24
> syllables long
>
> p)  forbid the use of passive voice unless the
> subject denotes a sexually
> passive partner
>
> q)  have 100 words that each denote a different kind
> of snot;  NO generic
> term, please.

=====
Philippe Caquant

"Le langage est source de malentendus."
(Antoine de Saint-Exupery)

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