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Re: Once upon a time

From:Thomas R. Wier <artabanos@...>
Date:Tuesday, July 24, 2001, 13:39
James Campbell wrote:

> A correspondent recently asked me how one would write 'Once upon a time...' > in Jameld; as yet, I haven't settled on a suitable idiom. > > Are there equivalent expressions in your conlangs (or natlangs, e.g. > Norwegian «Det var en gang» ['there was a time'])?
In German, one says "Es war einmal...", which more or less literally translates as "It was once..." =================================== Thomas Wier | AIM: trwier "Aspidi men Saiôn tis agalletai, hên para thamnôi entos amômêton kallipon ouk ethelôn; autos d' exephugon thanatou telos: aspis ekeinê erretô; exautês ktêsomai ou kakiô" - Arkhilokhos