Re: New to the list
From: | Carsten Becker <carbeck@...> |
Date: | Wednesday, May 17, 2006, 18:43 |
On Wed, 17 May 2006 07:10:57 -0700, veritosproject@GMAIL.COM wrote:
>> to give examples from German and Ayeri. Is unbearded,
>> right-handed, straight and definitely *not* Lithuanian.
>
> Also forgot to say. Unbearded, lefty (yay), straight, and
> half-Russian-half-Danish. I don't speak any of either.
... which is also an in-joke here. The stereotype conlanger is said to have
a goatee, to be left-handed, to be gay and Lithuanian (for some reason) ;-)
>> "Miranayam kepauarà naranoaris." (Kalvin nay Hobbes)
>> Siruena, Ihaloy 5, 2315 ya 19:05:12 pd
>
> Oh, Israel! I almost forgot! That's a line from Calvin and Hobbes.
> It means "verbing weirds language." Old in-joke on the site.
Yep. And the line below is the current date on Areca (where my conlang is
supposed to be spoken). So it's not just a plain translation of the current
date :-)
C.
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