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Re: Interjections

From:Mike Ellis <nihilsum@...>
Date:Friday, January 30, 2004, 20:04
Javier BF wrote:

>Some funny interjections for your entertainment:
Are these from actual nat/con-langs at all? Here's what they sound like to me:
>Pluash! ['plwaS]
"Wow..."
>Khtakht! ['xtaxt]
"Yecch."
>Catacriac! [ka.ta'krjak]
General nasty thing to call someone out the window of one's car.
>Rtaklatakta! [rta.kla'tak.ta]
This one needs to be a question: Rtaklatakta?! "What the hell do you think you're doing?!" For example, when one walks in on one's child pounding nails into the coffee table: "Rtaklatakta?!"
>Fflilifliliil! [f'fli.lif.li.li:l]
"Get out of here before someone sees you!" (think "flee!")
>Mtomtakamtoka! [mto.mta'ka.mto.ka]
drawn-out, as if to say "not again" or "nothing is going my way today" or "dammit, I left my wallet at home" M