Re: I'm out of it!
From: | Roger Mills <romilly@...> |
Date: | Saturday, October 21, 2000, 17:35 |
The Gray Wizard wrote:
>> From: Jim Hopkins
>>
>> Jeff Jones wrote:
>>
>> "I'm out of it even when I think I'm in it!" I really like that! I can
>> sympathize, me too! I liked that saying so much I wanted to translate it
>> into Druni and then realized it it going to need more thought!
>>
>> Any other translations?
>
>This is very idiomatic. One would have to do some serious paraphrasing to
>translate it and then the play on words would be lost.
Very true. Still, a preliminary Kash version: mam cakondrop, kambun pilami
nakayi "I clueless, even-if thought-my definitely-not"... no immediately
available word for 'with it, in it, hip, etc.'
Pron. mandZakóndrop, kàmbumbilámi nakáj