Re: Lexicons and Langauge Borrowing

[Padraic Brown <pbrown@POLARIS.UMUC.EDU>]

On Fri, 19 Mar 1999, Andrew Smith wrote:

> On Wed, 17 Mar 1999, Padraic Brown wrote:
>
> > Well!, having just peeked at the Brithenig Page, I see the name of the
> > country has changed from Principality to Kingdom.  Funny the way those
> > things happen.  Aha!  Something fishy is indeed going on here, as the
> > previous version of the Page and the new differ.  Don't let your
> > Constructed Government do this to you!  Contact your Member of Parliament
> > now!
> >
> The monarchy's decision is final and no correspondence will be entered
> into.

Ah ... now we see the outmoded autocratical tendencies inherent in the
system!

> So there!

Come see the outmoded autocratical tendencies inherent in the system!
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>
> I very good at procrastinating
> (Must...finish...HTML....update...tomorrow!)  The latest one hasn't
> completely been tidied up and already another lexicon update is necessary.
> No peace this side of thermodynamics I'm afraid.  Which is why no
> announcement was made.  Before I go back to putting off procrastinating
> until tomorrow, there are some translations and things I want to
> contribute before I get too far behind.
>

Hey, why put off til tomorrow what you can put off til the day after?

> Film titles:
>
[snip]
> LA VITA E BELLA
> (Lla wid es bel)  I would be inclined to have subtitle than a translation.

That's certainly a smart idea for foreign film titles.

>
> SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
> Salwar ill Sollteir Ryan: To Save the Soldier Ryan.
>
> SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
> Shakespeare in Afur.
> I think.  Shakespeare in Amur (Romantic love), might be more accurate.
> I'm not sure if I should have left out the article or not.

I thought there was a distinction here between romantic love and, well,
rut.

Loyally,
Padraic.

>
> - andrew.
>