George Boeree | Re: [LinguaFrancaNova] O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!’

• Autor: George Boeree (“cgboeree”)
• Tema: Re: [LinguaFrancaNova] O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!’
• Data: 2003-04-13 13:12
• Mesaje: 481 (a supra, presedente, seguente)

Oh oh.  Hector is off his medications again!

Congratulations on completing your assignment.  I still look forward to
the dreaded comments you have for me, Hector.

It's a brillig day here in PA, and the slithy toves are gyring and
gimbling in my backyard wabe.

Best to all,

George

H¿ctor Gerardo Paredes Sitten wrote:

>  ...
>
> And, as in uffish thought he stood,
> The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
> Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
> And burbled as it came!
>
> One, two! One, two! And through and through
> The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
> He left it dead, and with its head
> He went #!.".%$ .. . crack, fizzle, pop! g lump in  b ck.
> ...
>
> Hi everybody, we interrupt this program to let you know some
> useles unformation:
>
> Can you hear me galumphing? No? That¿s one of the reason I wear
> slippers!
>
> OK, guys, I hope this is not a case of too little,
> too late. No, really, just kiddin', I know it is not!
>
> Now, first, my dear Bjorn, please remove that infamous
> Scarlet Letter, yes, that dreadful "I" for incomplete,
> wherever thou hangeth it, 'cos we have our 1700!
> Yey, oh Yey. Rejoice away!
>
> Chortle certainly we can, could and should,
> will and would, don¿t we? But... what next?
> Perchance translate the "Jabber...".
> No, I'll pass on that for now...
>
> I think I should parse our sparce collection of literature,
> to calculate word frequencies, that way we can have the
> 500 most urgent-to-learn words, then the next 500, and so on.
> Ouch!, seems most words will get a score of 1. not good...
>
> Hmm...this seems a chicken and egg problem, I can¿t decide wich
> words to learn first, to write some translations, to get my
> words frequencies, to learn my words, to translate, to get...
>
> Ok, ok! maybe...maybe... yes, maybe later, 'cos I¿m falling sleep
> over the keyboard..fsa lkkrri
>
> well, hope to read you soon Bjorn unt George, this one gotta
> do some serious shunning unto the frumious Bandersnatchs
>
> bye now!
>
> H¿ctor Gerardo Paredes Sitten
>
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I like reality.  It tastes of bread. -- Jean Anouilh

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good steak. -- Woody Allen

C. George Boeree
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