Re: Oldvak - something to figure out

"I will not be afraid of death and bane
Till Birnam forest come to Dunsinane." - Macbeth V.iii.59-60.

On Tuesday, May 20, 2003, at 04:44  PM, Sally Caves wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe Fatula" <fatula3@...>
>
>
>>    "Egireltyeu dvalderi.  Dvalder aleltu egi."
>>    "I am not stopping my going to the forest.  The forest stopped
>> coming
> to
>> me."
>
> WHOA!  That's profound.  I love it.  Here it is in Teonaht (much
> wordier):
>
> Yryi euil ydonar begry euan vera; Le ydonar arrol elai beg mante.
> I, to the woods stop-going I not;  the woods to me did-it stop coming.
>
> So what do you think it means? :)
>
> Sally Caves
> scaves@frontiernet.net
> Eskkoat ol ai sendran, rohsan nuehra celyil takrem bomai nakuo.
> "My shadow follows me, putting strange, new roses into the world."
>
>
--
Dirk Elzinga
Dirk_Elzinga@byu.edu

"I believe that phonology is superior to music. It is more variable and
its pecuniary possibilities are far greater." - Erik Satie

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