Theiling Online    Sitemap    Conlang Mailing List HQ   

Re: Borrowing a word

From:BP Jonsson <bpj@...>
Date:Saturday, August 23, 2003, 8:44
At 10:28 22.8.2003 -0400, John Cowan wrote:

>When my father (a first generation Irish-American, born in 1904) was being >particularly silly, he would say in mocking tones "/&n'f_wVtIz'pT&t/?"
Can we get an orthographic version? /BP 8^) -- B.Philip Jonsson mailto:melrochX@melroch.se (delete X) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~__ A h-ammen ledin i phith! \ \ __ ____ ____ _____________ ____ __ __ __ / / \ \/___ \\__ \ /___ _____/\ \\__ \\ \ \ \\ \ / / / / / / / \ / /Melroch\ \_/ // / / // / / / / /___/ /_ / /\ \ / /Gaestan ~\_ // /__/ // /__/ / /_________//_/ \_\/ /Eowine __ / / \___/\_\\___/\_\ Gwaedhvenn Angeliniel\ \______/ /a/ /_h-adar Merthol naun ~~~~~~~~~Kuinondil~~~\________/~~\__/~~~Noolendur~~~~~~ || Lenda lenda pellalenda pellatellenda kuivie aiya! || "A coincidence, as we say in Middle-Earth" (JRR Tolkien)

Reply

John Cowan <cowan@...>