Theiling Online    Sitemap    Conlang Mailing List HQ   

Re: Re : Can any of your conlangs do this?

From:Danny Wier <dawier@...>
Date:Tuesday, May 18, 1999, 2:53
Mathias wrote (about French homophones):

>Ennoying, that : >pain au lait, pin haut laid >les seins, laisse un, lait sain >m=E9taux, mes taux, mette haut, mais t=F4t >quand les gendarmes rient, toute la gendarmerie. >l'esth=E9tique tranquille, laisse tes tiques tranquilles ! >la mythologie, la mite au logis >etc.
That reminds me of my deux =E2ns du fran=E7ais au lyc=E9e... I've been looking at Sumerian, and from what I understand, final consonan= ts=20 were often left silent, so there seem to be a lot of homophones as well. = =20 See for yourselves at: http://www.primenet.com/~seagoat/sumerian/sumerian.htm Danny _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com