Creature Languages, 02/09, Period 3

[game-of-you.livejournal.com]

"You have now learned to speak, if haltingly, in Dragon, Rat and Spider. Those are all difficult tongues, with rich histories and their own quirks -- from the choppy vowels of Spider, to the crooning of Rat, to the rhyming of the dragons. I applaud your sincere efforts to learn.

Today, I would like for each of you to pick a so-called nursery rhyme and translate it into the Creature language of your choice. I trust that you will have no problems in finding appropriate substitutes for words that may not be on your vocabulary sheets."

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Sign in, creature, 02/09

[game-of-you.livejournal.com]

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Re: Sign in, creature, 02/09

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi signs in.

Mr. Neilson makes a paw print.

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[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter signs in.

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[soldtoarmenians]

Xander signs in. It's highly possible he's a little... unfocused.

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[swerval_zero]

Zero signs in.

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[the4thsister.livejournal.com]

Paige signs in

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[upforachase.livejournal.com]

Cordelia signs in.

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[anole-x.livejournal.com]

Victor signs in.

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[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

Jake signs in.

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[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly signed in.

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[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair signs in

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[pure-blooddraco.livejournal.com]

Draco signs in.

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[aka-vala.livejournal.com]

Vala signs in.

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[sakuracchyan.livejournal.com]

Sakura signs in.

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[stykera]

Stark signs in.

Class discussion, Creature, 02/09

[game-of-you.livejournal.com]

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Re: Class discussion, Creature, 02/09

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi is translating "Pop Goes the Weasel" into Dragon.

She's very focused and biting her lip.

Re: Class discussion, Creature, 02/09

[swerval_zero]

Zero raises her hand and waits to be acknowledged.

Re: Class discussion, Creature, 02/09

[soldtoarmenians]

Xander is scanning the nursery rhymes desultorily and wondering how to translate something that already rhymes into formal dragon, because his mun likes rhyming, but but but... and not touching In Spring I Look Gay with a ten foot Swede.

Re: Class discussion, Creature, 02/09

[the4thsister.livejournal.com]

Paige decides to translate Hey Diddle Diddle into spider, which despite how bad she is at it is actually her best creature language.

Re: Class discussion, Creature, 02/09

[upforachase.livejournal.com]

Cordelia ponders for a while before deciding to translate "Mary had a Little Lamb" into Rat.

She sighs and gets to work.

Re: Class discussion, Creature, 02/09

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter stares at the page and mutters to himself occasionally.

Flipping through his books, he grumbles rather a lot about the foolishness of choosing something with the words "Taffy" and "Welshman."

Re: Class discussion, Creature, 02/09

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair tries to focus on translating a piece but keeps glancing at a list (http://lovechildblair.livejournal.com/7508.html) in his notebook and looking for Molly.

Re: Class discussion, Creature, 02/09

[pure-blooddraco.livejournal.com]

Draco isn't feeling well today so he chooses "Fee Fi Foe Fum" to translate into rat. Nice and short.

Assignment, Creature, 02/09

[game-of-you.livejournal.com]

Hand in your translations here. I'd prefer no two people did the same poem and language.

Re: Assignment, Creature, 02/09

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"All Around the Mulberry Bush"
Aka-"Pop Goes the Weasel"

In Dragon.

//All around the berry bush
The monkey persued the weasel.
The monkey thought it was quite a rush.
The weasel explodes.

A coin for a skein of thread.
A coin for a needle.
That's what humans do with their horde.
The weasel explodes.

Up and down a main thorough-faire.
In and out a very old drinking establishment named after a bird of prey.
That's what humans do with their horde.
The weasel explodes.

Half a measure of cheap rice.
Half a measure of a sweet substance similer to molasses.
Two great tastes that taste great together.
The weasel explodes.//

Pippi thinks maybe she should have gone with Rat.