From rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Sat Jun 02 17:54:46 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_1_3); 3 Jun 2001 00:54:45 -0000 Received: (qmail 64127 invoked from network); 3 Jun 2001 00:54:45 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by m8.onelist.org with QMQP; 3 Jun 2001 00:54:45 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.169.75.101) by mta1 with SMTP; 3 Jun 2001 00:54:44 -0000 Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 3.22 #1 (Debian)) id 156MAF-0002ke-00 for ; Sat, 02 Jun 2001 17:54:43 -0700 Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2001 17:54:43 -0700 To: Lojban List Subject: Re: [lojban] Material for phrasebook Message-ID: <20010602175443.Q6797@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: Lojban List References: <20010602232736.A436@rrbcurnow.freeuk.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20010602232736.A436@rrbcurnow.freeuk.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.18i From: Robin Lee Powell X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 7469 On Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 11:27:36PM +0100, Richard Curnow wrote: > > I could not resist the opportunity... :-) > > I would like some cigarettes > au mi na terve'u levi snaku'ocukla iri'abo ri se sraku > > I would like some matches > le mi varkiclaflo'i cu culno lo sincykaifi'e > > Could you direct me to the station? > pe'u ko pencu lemi zargu > > (apologies to those who aren't Monty Python fanatics) For the record: Stirring adventure music of buccaneer film as at the beginning and the roller caption in the same typeface. ROLLER CAPTION: IN 1970, THE BRITISH EMPIRE LAY IN RUINS, FOREIGN NATIONALS FREQUENTED THE STREETS - MANY OF THEM HUNGARIANS (NOT THE STREETS - THE FOREIGN NATIONALS). ANYWAY, MANY OF THESE HUNGARIANS WENT INTO TOBACCONIST'S SHOPS TO BUY CIGARETTES... Enter Hungarian gentleman with phrase book. He is looking for the right phrase. Hungarian I will not buy this record, it is scratched. Tobacconist Sorry? Hungarian I will not buy this record, it is scratched. Tobacconist No, no, no.This ... tobacconist's. Hungarian Ah! I will not buy this tobacconist's, it is scratched. Tobacconist No, no, no ...tobacco...er, cigarettes? Hungarian Yes, cigarettes. My hovercraft is full of eels. Tobacconist What? Hungarian (miming matches) My hovercraft is full of eels. Tobacconist Matches, matches? (showing some) Hungarian Yah, yah. (he takes cigarettes and matches and pulls out loose change; he consults his book) Er, do you want ... do you want to come back to my place, bouncy bouncy? Tobacconist I don't think you're using that right. Hungarian You great pouf. Tobacconist That'll be six and six, please. Hungarian If I said you had a beautiful body, would you hold it against me? I am no longer infected. Tobacconist (miming that he wants to see the book; he takes the book) It costs six and six ...(mumbling as he searches) Costs six and six ... Here we are ... Yandelvayasna grldenwi stravenka. Hungarian hits him between the eyes. Policeman walking along the street suddenly stops and puts his hand to his ear. He starts running down the street, round corner and down another street, round yet another corner and down another street into the shop Policeman What's going on here then? Hungarian (opening book and pointing at tobacconist) You have beautiful thighs. Policeman What? Tobacconist He hit me. Hungarian Drop your panties, Sir William, I cannot wait till lunchtime. Policeman Right! (grabs him and drags him out) Hungarian My nipples explode with delight. Cut to a courtroom. Clerk Call Alexander Yahlt Voices Call Alexander Yahlt. Call Alexander Yahlt. Call Alexander Yahlt. (They do this three times finishing with harmony) Magistrate Oh, shut up. Clerk You are Alexander Yahlt? Yahlt (Derek Nimmo's voice (dubbed on)) Oh I am. Clerk Skip the impersonations. You are Alexander Yahlt? Yahlt (normal voice) I am. Clerk You are hereby charged that on the 28th day of May 1970, you did wilfully, unlawfully, and with malice aforethought publish an alleged English-Hungarian phrasebook with intent to cause a breach of the peace. How do you plead? Yahlt Not guilty. Clerk You live at 46, Horton Terrace? Yahlt I do live at 46, Horton Terrace. Clerk You are the director of a publishing company? Yahlt I am the director of a publishing company. Clerk Your company publishes phrasebooks? Yahlt My company does publish phrasebooks. Clerk You did say 46, Horton Terrace, didn't you? Yahlt Yes. He claps his hand to his mouth; gong sounds - general applause. Clerk Ha, ha, ha, I got him. Magistrate Get on with it! Get on with it! Clerk Yes, m'lud, on the 28th of May, you published this phrasebook. Yahlt I did. Clerk I quote an example. The Hungarian phrase meaning 'Can you direct me to the station?' is translated by the English phrase, 'Please fondle my bum'. Yahlt I wish to plead incompetence. [ it goes on for a while ] -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ BTW, I'm male, honest. le datni cu djica le nu zifre .iku'i .oi le so'e datni cu to'e te pilno je xlali -- RLP http://www.lojban.org/