Re: Once upon a time

Currently, I am simply using "Té!" ("lo!" or "behold!") to signify the
beginning of a story.  I got the idea from the beginning of Beowulf-
"Hwaet", which means "listen!"
-M

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'])?
>
> Jamets the curious
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