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From: Diethelm Guallar, Gonzalo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 11:05 AM
To: 'Turbine'
Subject: RE: Sean's Latin
[This is REALLY OT...]
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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> The closest I'll ever get to Latin:
>
> I-ay am-ay a-ay anmay: othingnay umanhay is-ay alien-ay otay emay.
What is this? Is this what English-speaking people call
Pig Latin? Is it supposed to sound like Latin to English-
speaking people? (it doesn't to me, but English is not my
first language...)
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Yes, it is, and to English-speakers it does sound vaguely like Latin. I
think
it's the increase in average syllable count and the proliferation of vowel-
ended words that makes it work, along with some aspect of the resulting
rhythm of speech.
--
Aigcray Errybay
Ucodeglay
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