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Re: UVW (was: Lingo)

From:J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...>
Date:Friday, July 12, 2002, 3:55
In a message dated 07/10/2002 06.48.10 PM, Tristan quotes a confusin' array
of peeps & writes:

>> > Etabnannery /r@mn{n@ri/ (noun) The state of appearing entirely >> > unpredictable, but, upon closer analysis, failing at even being that. >> > [from _Etábnanni_ a constructed language by Tristan McLeay, which was >> > *supposed* to have an unpredictable orthography, but ended up just >> > having a confusing one. Damn people trying to make patterns >> > everywhere. >> > At least it's a bugger to typeset!... err... back to the derivation >> > +_ery_] > >> LOL If ever dictionary definitions become like that, I want to buy a few
more
>> dictionaries ;))) . > >Heh ;) Someone's going to have to make me the editor of the Oxford >Dictionary ;)
::pushes-&-shoves Tristan forward in line for OED editorship:: Better you than me ;) hehe... ::BiG LiNGua-MaNGLeR GRiNNaGe:: Hanuman Zhang Avatar of Sun WuKong, a.k.a "Monkey", a.k.a. "the Monkey King," a.k.a. "TricksterGod of the Glorious Anti-Imperialist Chinese Boxers" ~ om hung hanumatay rudratmakai hung phat ~ mantra to Hanuman the Hindu Monkey TricksterGod ~§~ thee priz ov x.iz.tenz iz ae.tern'l war.faer 'n' krea.tiv play.f'll.nizz... ~§~