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
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