Discussion thread -- October 2015 75-word Writing Challenge

[Saharren]

I got my mom on the line, and you were right, Jo, it was Saorise. Although I was completely wrong on the pronunciation, which is sear-sha, according to what my mom was told.

 

[Starbeast]

Howdy, howdy and elo, elo everybody. It's nice to be here this evening.

Starbeast (noun) -- An ironic event which is the result of failing to be aware of history. ("The famous dictum that those who fail to remember the past are doomed to repeat it can be applied to many a Starbeast experienced by the unwary.")

Thank you Lady Victoria Silverwolf for your review (which I always look forward to). Inspiration struck me the other day and an idea formed quickly. I'll go into far more detail when the voting is done.

 

[Droflet]

Welcome back, Beasty.

 

[Starbeast]

Thank you Drof. I missed everyone and this place. I'm catching up with posts.

I know I'm going to enjoy reading the posted stories.

 

[TitaniumTi]

... And the opposite of TitaniumTi -- a review by Victoria. Thank you.

 

[Dan Jones]

Howdy Beast. Good to see you again!

How's tricks?

 

[LittleStar]

I suspect your Sorcha (anglised) is Saoirse, however.

I knew i was going to make a fool out of myself and spell it wrong I'm but a young Padawan who has much to learn yet

 

[Jo Zebedee]

I knew i was going to make a fool out of myself and spell it wrong I'm but a young Padawan who has much to learn yet

Google may have been my friend (I get the r and i mixed up...)

 

[Glen]

...slainte...

Slainte!

 

[Perpetual Man]

Phyre OLLORinterestingODcleverapproachOLOIADchallengeOINOSTOAHOLLORstudyOLBAGLElanguageOIODIRGILNOSTOAHeffectsOIADNIISOOADRIAXcommunicate.G-CHIS-GEOIADBAGLENOLNIDALIprimitiveODrestrictive?I’llBAMSbackOLOEOLLORcoupleOLMATByears

TitaniumTi – koro desegnadon rakonto kiu montras la malrapida erozio de vivo kaj kulturo, iom post iom vortoj estas anstataŭitaj per pli malbelaj aĵoj, tiam malrapide senvestigis for lasante nur distingiva finaĵon - la sono de silento.

SB – SB хүн бүр англи Lakota толь бичиг нь ажиллаж байгаа бөгөөд бид ярьдаг илүү хөгжмийн хэлээр үгсийн сайхныг болон Cadence алдаж, хол аймшигтай зүйл байж болох бөгөөд өөр нэг нь сольж зөрөх хэрхэн хэлний олж хардаг.

willwallace – Terra data est a theoria cum seminalem linguistic depravant sicut lifeforms iam exsistunt, sed est donum est (et scripsit) verbum quod vere mutat se et dat primitives casu fit quiddam praestantius.

StilLearning - Outra idea moi interesante, pode linguaxe realmente cambiar o xeito no que unha sociedade funciona? Ao eliminar palabras agresivas que iso promover a paz? E se isto acontecer, entón iso déixanos aberta a agresores. Claro que se funciona dun xeito ....

 

[Perpetual Man]

As Phyre has been 'begging' me to do his review in either Old English or Ewe (I nearly lowered myself to putting the word baa up a couple of times) I decided to go one better.

It's neither of the above, but.... Google translate will not translate it!

Has anyone taken a punt at translating the one I did for myself yet?

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Has anyone taken a punt at translating the one I did for myself yet?

I took at look at Google Translate's rendering of this from the Russian, and here is my very free rewording of it:

There once was a fellow named Tim
Who was actually really quite dim
Being known as a hood
Was never much good
But at least it was better than him

(Of course, the self-deprecating humor found here has nothing to do with reality.)

 

[Phyrebrat]

Ooh I love it. Now let me think and get back to you. At first I thought it was DNA but that's more CTAG isn't it ... Thanks T, whatever it says, I'm delighted and shall decipher and report back

pH

 

[Perpetual Man]

I rather like that version! (And interesting to see how it was translated back).

 

[Perpetual Man]

Ooh I love it. Now let me think and get back to you. At first I thought it was DNA but that's more CTAG isn't it ... Thanks T, whatever it says, I'm delighted and shall decipher and report back

pH

Good luck with that.

 

[willwallace]

By coincidence I nearly rewatched 2001 : A Space Odyssey last night on netflix, and today Victoria references the film in her review of my entry. Very lofty company, indeed

Tim, you used the only language I could possibly translate without a computer thanks to 4 years of Latin in high school.
Thanks to both for the outstanding efforts that you are putting into the reviews.

 

[Perpetual Man]

As originally written:

There once was a lad called Tim,
Who was really quite, quite dim,
He might be a twerp,
But was once known as Perp,
Someone considerably better than him!

 

[Starbeast]

Howdy Beast. Good to see you again!

How's tricks?

@DG Jones I'm ok. Working hard, helping others and maintaining Earth orbit. Thanks for the welcoming.

SB – SB хүн бүр англи Lakota толь бичиг нь ажиллаж байгаа бөгөөд бид ярьдаг илүү хөгжмийн хэлээр үгсийн сайхныг болон Cadence алдаж, хол аймшигтай зүйл байж болох бөгөөд өөр нэг нь сольж зөрөх хэрхэн хэлний олж хардаг.

@Tim James Constant Moving Man, speak in many tongues. Red Moon crossing sky, reminded me, Wichahpi Taku, to return. I thank you Constant Moving Man, for good words, you say to me. And may the Great Spirit, bring peace, to all people, of many lands.

 

[Cat's Cradle]

Starbeast! Great to see you back, and in a challenge! Hope all is well! Dug your story, CC

 

[Starbeast]

Hi Cats. I'm ok. Nice to see you again too. Thanks for the complement. I'll go into detail later about what I wrote.