Re: Once upon a time

In a message dated 7/23/01 9:05:57 AM, james@ZOLID.COM writes:

<< Are there equivalent expressions in your conlangs (or natlangs, e.g.
Norwegian «Det var en gang» ['there was a time'])? >>

    In the little storybook I made for my girlfriend, the first line (which
would have called for "once upon a time" in English) had nothing of the kind.
 I just ran right into it.  I can still remember the whole first line:

ZedIv bAjs g&nIT pat b&kIl Zilt&Z dZaratu vAjn selIS ?AherISuT kAldZ Zilta
remIS.

A knight of golden armor and shield rode across the plain of grass on a
golden horse.

(I didn't want to invent a word for "pricked", lest it remind too much of
Spenser.)

-David