From: "J Matthew Pearson" <pearson@...>
> "Wade, Guy" wrote:
> > Josh Roth wrote:
> > > In Eloshtan:
> > > Tec cafo mentelenes rri mrewenes tes mologosanoc.
> > > (Speak his language, then choose him to be your enemy)
> >
> > I like that wording. It sounds less like a high-falutin' proverb and
more
> > like something a tribal elder would say to a young warrior.
>
> But the way Josh has reworded it, it now seems to mean that you should
become
> the enemy of everybody whose language you speak: Once you speak his
language,
> he becomes your enemy. Surely that's not the intended meaning...
Or you can make it a question, and get a different intention yet:
You speak his language, then choose him to be your enemy? Wassamatta wit'
you?
*Muke!