Speaking in Tongues [8.02] (4-5pm) [The Library]

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

Karal had set up some of the library tables into a horseshoe shape, and was sitting near the middle with Andrew and Inara when/if they're there!. "Hello," he greeted everyone once they'd arrived. "Welcome. I'm Karal, and this is Andrew and Inara. I thought that perhaps we could simply introduce ourselves today, and talk about what languages we know and if we want to teach any of them to the others. You can do so either by speaking or by writing a note to pass around the class."

He gave Adah if she was there, la a quick smile. "This would also be a good time to decide which languages you might be interested in learning. I made a primer of Karsite and Valdemaran, just some simple words and phrases moddable within reason and noted how to pronounce them, because there's no books here in those languages."

He passed out the hand-written, photocopied sheets (five of them, covered in neat, precise handwriting, split into three columns), then smiled. "While I was checking-in books today, I realised that one thing all languages have in common is truly terrible poetry. I've written out a ballad from Valdemar - it's fairly old, but it's still sung often enough to make right-thinking people unhappy - and translated it into English and Karsite. I feel as if I should apologise, though, because it is absolute doggerel."

He passed that out as well. "I have a challenge for next week, and that's to find the the very worst poem you can, and bring it along to translate. We might be able to find a prize for the most painful."

[ooc:

plz to wait for OCD

OCD IS UP!. ETA: Handwavy knowledge of other languages is AWESOME. I speak none, and most fictional languages aren't written out, so handwavy can be our motto.

ETA2: My Lady's Eyes - the song, in all it's terrible glory.]

Comments

OOC

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

If I knew any other languages, I'd totally write in them, but I don't.

Karsite looks like Ottoman Turkish, Valdemaran looks vaguely like medieval French.

Re: OOC

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

*is for great SP as am heading out RIGHT NOW for things*

Re: OOC

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

Oh FINE. Have a social life!

*pouts*

Re: OOC

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

Actually, I'd put this as the anti-social life. It's a Lovecraftian pirate ninja renfaire in NJ.

...but Voltaire performed.

Re: OOC

[not_in_the_book]

Aahahahaha My Lady's Eyes. How did I know that that's what it was before I clicked the link? ;) Oh, right, because it's the WORST POEM IN VALDEMAR.

This gets my NOES icon.

Re: OOC

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

HAHAHAHA It is the WORST one OMG!

Vanyel's mum: *HAD NO TASTE!*

Hmm, I should upload the song...