Re: OT: What the guligy is this? (was Re: Musical languistics)
| From: | Sally Caves <scaves@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, June 6, 2003, 10:38 |
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----- Original Message -----
From: "J Y S Czhang" <czhang23@...>
> In a message dated 2003:06:04 09:39:34 PM, Sally Caves writes:
>
> >Guligy means "tickling" in Teonaht. I kid you not. Lo guligy elo lis.
> > "He got his tickling." He was tickled. In the physical and the
emotional
> >sense.
> >
> >Sure, I'll let you add it. :)
>
> ::clears throat loudly:: *Ahem!* Ms. Sally, I need lil more than just
> _that_ to constitute "googol-giggla-byte" :
> _googol_+ (_giggle+giga_) + _byte_ . . .
Well, google seems to be a combination of googol (10 raised to the hundredth
power) and goggle (to stare with wide and bulging eyes). Very hard to
translate and retain both meanings. A starful stare? meppahtmo tilvatel.
Giggle is easier, a kind of fou rire. To giggle is to act as though you're
being tickled, so diggulgy tahat: "tickling's guffaw." Byte is again
difficult--no T. equivalent. But we can take it from "bit," which is anek,
"little piece," "unit."
AnekoMeppathmoTtilvatelmDiggulgyttahat.
Hmmm. Quite a mouthful.
> I must note I was inspired to collect all these *googolgigglabytes* by
> Nicole D.'s "fuzzy blue monkies" sig.line.
> BTW where is Ms. FuzzyBlueMonkies 0_o? Lurkin'? Anyone have her email
> address so I can "peep-&-pester" her ;) ? ::playful whimper:: I miss
her...
She's my student--took my HEL class; I imagine she's home for the summer
vacation.
Sally Caves
scaves@frontiernet.net
Eskkoat ol ai sendran, rohsan nuehra celyil takrem bomai nakuo.
"My shadow follows me, putting strange, new roses into the world."