Shaxepere; was: Natlag

Snicker!  An' it's lagging, ain't it!

I see these insults as infelicitous illocutions, if you know what I mean.  I
had to explain this to my class, when one student was very unwilling to
utter any of them from the Shakespearean Insult Generator.  If it's a class
exercise, or an example made of your excellent and jocular re-invention of
fustilarian, Adam, and if it is uttered within the wrong context for real
insultation and before an understanding audience of congenial, non-abrasive
people, and expecially if it doesn't refer to your mother or your religion,
it can't really be an insult.

So hit me with a C-insult.  I'm too lazy to look up any in my Teonaht
glossary.  Easier to use Shakespeare.  In the meantime, I sincerely remain
your

indolent, temulent, tallow-catching wench,
Sally


----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Walker" <carrajena@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: Natlag: Middle English impersonal verbs


> --- Sally Caves <scaves@...> wrote:
>
>> Thou fen-sucking, musty pustularian, thou!
>>
> LOL
>
> Adam who doesn't know how to take that (but ought to
> work on some C-an insults to take his revenge)
>
> Dichiruns sivi, «In il Betuemi djul Judja pervia azig niscrivid peu'l
> davri, «Ed tu, Betuemi djal terra djal Judja, nun si djils daliris djal
> Judja ul mindrisimu puña vinijid djil ti il daliri fin paxed ul mi pobuu,
> il Istreli.»
>
> Mach 2:5-6
>

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