Re: The determined verruca

 --- Sally Caves <scaves@...> wrote: >
Welcome back, Wright!  (Do we know each other?  We
> may have overlapped.  I'm
> back, too).
>
> What is a bad "verruca," much less a determined one?
>  It rhymes, if I am
> pronouncing it correctly, with one of Teonaht's most
> detestable swear words!
> <GGGG>  To call someone a "parroka" is a real
> "krefimort!"
>
> I'm about to post another heinous survey.  You're
> just in time.  We've been
> talking extensively about conjugating by objects and
> the ways different
> languages represent animal sounds. There have been a
> lot of introductions by
> newcomers, and we've been discussing Aidan's new
> language Taalen.  And
> cooking, and whether rue will poison you.  The usual
> stuff.
>
> P.S. What kind of writing job do you have?  Most
> interesting!
>
> Sally Caves
> scaves@frontiernet.net
> Eskkoat ol ai sendran, rohsan nuehra celyil takrem
> bomai nakuo.
> "My shadow follows me, putting strange, new roses
> into the world."
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christopher Wright" <faceloran@...>
> To: <CONLANG@...>
> Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 10:33 AM
> Subject: The determined verruca
>
>
> > Bama!
> > I'm back after a sabbatical of several months. (I
> tried to send a message
> > stating that I left, but the list was backed up,
> and the removal request
> > was processed before my message. Such is life.)
> I'm busier than ever, I
> > think, yet I also seem to have a lot of time.
> Therefore I decided to
> > return, like a bad verruca.
> >
> > Don't all welcome me at once. Oh, wait, you
> weren't going to? Hey!
> >
> > I regret that I have not been working on my
> languages much, *hangs head*
> > but I got a job. It doesn't pay me anything, but
> if I get a promotion, my
> > salary is doubled. I write, and my writing is
> displayed, which is as
> > valuable as riches, since it can improve my
> reputation.
> >
> > What have you all been up to? Partying in my
> absence? Perhaps if I return
> > quickly enough after leaving, I can catch someone
> doing that :p
> >
> > I have prepared a relay to go forth whenever
> people want it. They're
> > always popular, yesno? Perhaps it will begin in
> mid February.
> >
on the word verruca . . . is it much known in the
states and elsewhere ? an american colleague of mine
said he'd never heard of them, but they're well known
in british primary schools !

as to the prospect of double salary on promotion . . .
that's a bit of an empty promise if you're not being
paid anything to begin with !

velkominn til baka !

bn

=====
bnathyuw | landan | arR
stamp the sunshine out | angelfish
your tears came like anaesthesia | phèdre

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