-is typing with eyes tightly shut-
I CAN'T SEE!
You told me to shut my eyes, so how am I supposed to be able to see when to open them again?
Bullsh♡t (split from Usernames)
Moderators: Public Relations Department, Players Department
- Snickie
- RD/HR Member/Translator-English (LD)
- Posts: 4946
- Joined: Tue Jul 06, 2010 5:28 pm
- Location: FL
- berserk9779
- Posts: 190
- Joined: Thu Jan 22, 2004 9:11 pm
- Location: Argentina
Re: Usernames
GIMPY wrote:gejyspa wrote:GIMPY wrote:lulkoek wrote:My name just means male cow dung. *nods*
Not a literal translation though.
I didn't know dung had a gender... ha ha ha.... ha... oh, my abusing grammatical ambiguity amuses me, at least.
Then you won't like lojban. No grammatical ambiguity there to abuse.
<lojbanlesson>
"nakni bakni kalci" can only be "(male cow) dung". To say "male (cow dung)" you would have to say "nakni ke bakni kalci" or "nakni bakni bo kalci".
</lojbanlesson>
Isn't latin a bit like that?
It isn't. Ambiguity in Latin has been used and abused over time.
Eg. The famous oracle's sentence : ibis redibis non morieris in bello, depending on how it is pronounced it could mean "you will go, you will come back and you will not die in war" or " you will go, you will not come back, you will die in war"
Fodas os acentos
Return to “Non-Cantr-Related Discussion”
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest