Re: THEORY: Natural language change (was Re: Charlie and I)
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, September 21, 1999, 4:33 |
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Charles wrote:
> Li prega de Beb=E9:
> Bon Deo, benedi papa, benedi mama, benedi mi nurse,
> fe me sempre plu sagi e precipue effortia memorar it,
> por que yo ne es fortiat repetir it omni vesperes.
Is it a Romance-based concreole or what? I'm gonna take a stab at it:
Baby's prayer:
Good God, bless father, bless mother, bless my nurse, make me always
wiser and ? the effort of memorizing it, because I'm not strong enough
to repeat it every evening
How's that?
--=20
Oh Lord, grant that we may always be right, for thou knowest we will
never change our mind. - Scots Prayer
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