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Re: fuzzy blue monkeys(was Re: .sig)

From:Dan Jones <dan@...>
Date:Tuesday, November 13, 2001, 0:39
Just to chip in, (and temporarily delurk), here's the phrase in Carashan:

mêndos êzoros faffalos

mêndo : monkey, from Shanstanya maindo (< Sanskrit "mainda")
êzoro : blue, from Aredos adoros
faffalo : fuzzy, from an unknown source (I just liked the word falafel- it
seems fuzzy)

Dan

Tristan Alexander McLeay escreva:
>Seeing as I'm partly responsible for evilly going round and forcing a new >.sig upon you, in Eta'bnanni (a'=a acute, pronounced /rA_Lmn{_Ln/), it'd >be: > >(T: Transliteration of native orthographies. > N: A more phonetic alternative romanisation. > I: X-Sampa IPA. >NB: A morphemic breakdown in the alternative romanisation. >In the T, ' is an acute accent on the previous letter. >In the N, " is an umlaut and ` a grave accent on the previous letter. >nG and Ng=eng) > >(There are two tones, low and normal.) > > T: to'difai ko'wainG MANgKIi. > N: to"`rifa" xo`ma"` manGkii > I: "T3\_Lrip\{ "xO_Lm{_L mANki: >NB: to"`rifa-i xo`ma-i` mangki-i > blue-NOM fuzz-INSTR monkey-NOM > >`Fuzzy blue monkey', also, `The blue monkey with fuzz', although the >latter would best have the word 'ko'wainG to'difai MANgKIi'. > >Tristan >anstouh@yahoo.com.au > >On Sun, 11 Nov 2001, nicole dobrowolski wrote: > > > Matt33 froge sionk (wrote): > > > Nor Vyääh! Actually, the Vyäähns > > > have never even seen a monkey as this animal does not > > > exist in Vaävy'yy.. > > > > > > > well i'm pretty sure Germans have seen monkeys and if my > > Deutsch skills have not completely deserted me fuzzy blue > > monkeys would be: > > fraumigen blauen Affen (i think... or would it be fraumige > > blaue Affen... if anyone on the list who knows German would > > like to berate me for butchering the language [and then send > > a correction!] i'd be eternally grateful :) > > > > fuzzy blue monkeys...shmuli atae muhnkia... jiqek qelek > > nimmekel...Luddiga blå apor... > > ..nicole > >
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ semo la flamma, semo la casea semo la tuta, semo la cambea We are the spark, we are the flame We are the people, we are the change

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