Re: CONLANG T-Shirt: "Your yahzick could be in this mesto."

On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, Fabian wrote:

> > Nadsat
> > Anthony Burgess
> > Latin alphabet
> >
> > "Your yahzick could be in this mesto."
> >
> > I'm not sure what to use for "language".  The word 'yahzick' is "tongue"
> > (the body part).  Since Nadsat's an English relex, I think that's the best
> > candidate, and extending it to mean "tongue, a language", is okay.
> However,
> > there's also 'govoreet', "to speak or talk"; 'skazat', "say"; and 'slovo',
> > "word" to choose from.
>
> You sure this isn't Russian spelt in Latin script :?
A lot of it is.  For example, "friend" is "droog" and "good" is
"horrorshow."