Re: Phoneme winnowing continues

----- Original Message -----
From: "Markus Miekk-oja" <fam.miekk-oja@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 8:29 PM
Subject: Re: Phoneme winnowing continues


> >They must've changed it in the American publication, because I remember
> >them using the term "ballpointoid" or something similar.
>
> Very possible, considering they changed iirc "awards for the most useless
> usage of the word 'fuck' in a motion picture" to "awards for the most
> useless usage of the word "Belgium" in a motion picture" in the American
> edition (thereby actually improving the book by grafting in a whole
chapter
> about Belgium)
>
Yes.  The Belgium thing was funnier.