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Re: OFF : updated tunu grammar

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Monday, October 25, 1999, 20:44
"From Http://Members.Aol.Com/Lassailly/Tunuframe.Html" wrote:

> this policy of language renovation was achieved within a few years so successfully > that it is now impossible to find clues as to what these homonymes were. > this policy was carried out with the very convincing threat > of being sentenced to be eaten whenever pronouncing an homonyme.
Gack, and I thought Qi Huangdi (the First Chinese Emperor, who ordered a general burning of books) was a dreadful tyrant! This is too much! -- John Cowan http://www.reutershealth.com jcowan@reutershealth.com Schlingt dreifach einen Kreis vom dies / Schliess eurer Aug vor heiliger Schau Den er genoss vom Honig-Tau / Und trank die Milch vom Paradies. -- Coleridge (tr. Politzer)