Re: Prosaic conlanging
| From: | Jonathan Knibb <jonathan_knibb@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, January 29, 2002, 22:47 |
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Michael Poxon wrote:
Avoid contact with eyes. If contact occurs, rinse thoroughly with
water.
I heartily approve - I'm sure Gillette played a significant role in the
development of my linguistic interests .... I remember as a child wondering
how on earth 'För män som väljer rätt' and 'Parasta miehelle' could mean the
same thing ... if only Tolkien had lived in the global village, he might
have been turned on to Finnish that much sooner!
Jonathan.
P.S. Yes, I know now that they *don't* mean the same thing .... :(
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