Re: Conlang at Eurovision?

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From: "Camilla Drefvenborg" <elmindreda@...>

> Eamon Graham da oninyera:
> > "‘Sanomi’, a danceable folk pearl sung in an imaginary and thus
> > universal language, will be the number with which Urban Trad will
> > win the hearts of the Eurovision public"
>
> I know which one I will vote for, then :)
Me too.  :)

> > You can check out the lyrics there too.
> > Read more at: http://www.eirovizija.lv/public/23329.html
>
> I did, and...
>
> it is so incredibly weird! apart from the single detail of having the
> accent on the last vowel, it follows my conlang's orthography, syllabic
> structure and additional rules to the letter! it's all complete
> gibberish, from my point of view, but it _could_ easily have been words.
I don't know if it's gibberish or not... My husband, who's a radio
announcer, would love to play this on his show, "Music of the 21st Century"
(WXXI).   I wonder if they would send him a CD.  I like the "h" intrusion in
"Leala! Leala!"  As for the accent on the last syllable, this could be a
distortion of pronunciation granted by putting words to music.  Really nice!

Sally

Sally Caves
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Eskkoat ol ai sendran, rohsan nuehra celyil takrem bomai nakuo.
"My shadow follows me, putting strange, new roses into the world."