Re: CONLANG Digest - 20 Oct 2003 to 21 Oct 2003 (#2003-297)
| From: | Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, October 22, 2003, 19:38 |
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On 22 Oct 2003 at 7:15, J. K. Hoffman wrote:
> > [*] Bonus point for anyone else who kept that little conlang-l quote
> > in their brains as long as I did.
> >
> > ------------------------------
> Hmm, you got me on that one. Source of quote? (I'm betting it's John
> Cowan, but sometimes I think I give him too much credit.)
There was one among our number who was called upon to be a
professional linguist for a major motion picture (Blade II), but
there was a massive discrepancy between the two sides on the amount
of pay that would be fair, and the vampires in the film in question
ended up talking "subtitled gibberish" instead.
Paul