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Re: Translations: "Happy Holidays" and Language Quotes

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Friday, December 13, 2002, 19:24
En réponse à J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...>:

> > haba numba duo lego, tada haba numba duo menta. > > /xa.ba num.ba du.o le.go ta.da xa.ba num.ba du.o men.ta/ > > have number two language, ta-da, have number two mind. > > > "One mind plus one mind equals a Third Mind." - William S. > Burroughs > > solo menta ad solo menta tada Numba Trio Menta. >
I just LOVE the grammaticalisation of "tadaa!". What a neat idea! Is it just a copula or does it have a special meaning only for this kind of equations? Christophe. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr Take your life as a movie: do not let anybody else play the leading role.