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Re: You might be a conlanger if...

From:H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...>
Date:Wednesday, November 10, 2004, 5:38
san huna!


On Tue, Nov 09, 2004 at 11:41:51PM -0500, Sally Caves wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Caleb Hines" <cph9fa@...> > > HAR! <-- (note rhotic) :) I join Rene in r.o.t.f.l.m.h.o. > > YOU MIGHT BE A CONLANGER IF... > > You can't watch Star Trek anymore because you simply can't accept the > Universal Translator.
huu ka kuera Sari tse na nari. [...]
> You can't finish The Jumble: That Mixed Up Word Game, anymore: "Nagyo! > Cool! Where's my notebook?" (you're supposed to just write down "agony").
nari, nari. [...]
> You think of uehar (or plug in your own word) before you can think of Frau, > mujer, femme, mulier, gwraig, donna, wif, or woman.
bunari ta diru ta? [...]
> You've actually USED uehar (or plug in your own word) in trying to say > "woman" in 1) a foreign language, 2) your own language.
tse kei huu na tsana ta e, san tara' bunari be e'aniin? [...]
> >*You didn't realize at first that there was actually a story to accompany > >the languages in LOTR. > > Or better, you felt bitterly jealous of Tolkien when you found out that > the story had a developed language behind it.
Tolkien sii? [...]
> >*You answer the phone in your conlang, just in case its a salesman. > > Must try that one.
[...] huu ka: san tse! san tara' ka: uat iu sei? huu ka: tse ka tsana sii? san tara' ka: du ius pi' inkiris? huu ka: sii na tse ka surat? san tara' ka: o kei nefa main huu ka: san tse sii? san tara' ka: *click* T -- buara ka tuharas fai. hesan so pamra itan.

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