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Re: The Classic of the Sixfold Path.

From:JS Bangs <jaspax@...>
Date:Sunday, July 6, 2003, 4:14
Costentin Cornomorus sikyal:

> At last I have gotten the text for the Classic > written out. It is a (very succinct) description > of Talarian grammar; couched in the language of > music, but all the main stuff is there. At its > heart, however, is the index of letters, > syllables, glyphs and marks of the sages - > basically, it's a work designed to show and > define all the letters and symbols used in > Talarian writing. As some of you may recall, > Talarian uses several different alphabets, > syllabaries and glyphs signs as a matter of > course. This work is a native attempt to collate > them into a sensible framework. As a grammar > description, it lacks somewhat unless you're > already familliar with T. grammar and the odd > metaphores used to describe it. On the other > hand, you could do as the author suggests and > read Pacarunar's (unnamed) "Modulation of the > Talarian Speech". [Kudos to the first to name the > linguist P. is names for!]
This is good reading! I would never have understood it if you hadn't had your explication at the end, but it was interesting nonetheless. A very interesting native look at grammar, and I like the extended metaphor. Well done! Do you have it in Talarian? Jesse S. Bangs jaspax@u.washington.edu http://students.washington.edu/jaspax/ http://students.washington.edu/jaspax/blog Jesus asked them, "Who do you say that I am?" And they answered, "You are the eschatological manifestation of the ground of our being, the kerygma in which we find the ultimate meaning of our interpersonal relationship." And Jesus said, "What?"

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