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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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.

Re: Assignment, Creature, 02/09

[swerval_zero]

((ooc: Not, "The weasel is burninated"?"))

Re: Assignment, Creature, 02/09

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

[[ooc: The weasel goes "pop" not "sizzle". :)

Re: Assignment, Creature, 02/09

[swerval_zero]

((Well then maybe the weasel should go sizzle. :>))

Re: Assignment, Creature, 02/09

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

[[ooc: Perhaps "Your weasel asplode"?

Re: Assignment, Creature, 02/09

[game-of-you.livejournal.com]

Dream frowns as he takes the poem. "Your translation of "mix it up and make it nice" is rather ... impressionistic, Miss Longstocking."

Re: Assignment, Creature, 02/09

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"I think,"

/Two great tastes that taste great together./

"Sounds better then,"

/Add one to the other and force them to be pleasant./

"And also is more true to the intent of the original lyric."

Re: Assignment, Creature, 02/09

[game-of-you.livejournal.com]

Dream considers this for a moment. "I see what you mean," he admits, a little grudgingly. "There's a better way to translate it, but it involves using a verb tense I wouldn't expect you to use. Otherwise, this is fine work."

Re: Assignment, Creature, 02/09

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi is very pleased.

"Thank you very much! ... What would you suggest for the line by the way?"

Re: Assignment, Creature, 02/09

[game-of-you.livejournal.com]

"I would use the conditional," Dream says. "//If mixed together, they are both improved.//"

Re: Assignment, Creature, 02/09

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Ohhh!" said Pippi.

"That does fit much better!"

Re: Assignment, Creature, 02/09

[aka-vala.livejournal.com]

((ooc: o.k., the constant repetition of "The weasel explodes." just had me snickering hopelessly by the end...))