Croatian word play

[Danko Sipka]

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Gȍrē gòrē gòre  gȍre no što dȍlje gòre gòrē.

lit. 1 worse 2 burn 3 mountains 4 above 56 than 7 below 8 mountains 9 burn



Best,





Danko Sipka
Associate Professor Research and Associate Director
Critical Languages Institute
Arizona State University
E-mail: Danko.Sipka at asu.edu
Web: http://www.asu.edu/cli
Phone: 480-965-7706



----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul B. Gallagher" <paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM>
To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 3:27 PM
Subject: [SEELANGS] Croatian word play


> At the recent translators conference in Atlanta, a Croatian translator
> amused his neighbors at a banquet table with the following ditty (errors
> mine, of course):
>
>         Gore gore
>         gore gore
>         nad shto dolje
>         gore gore
>
> Or something to that effect ("sh" for s-hacek).
>
> The first four words were supposed to be audibly distinct (to a SC
> speaker), but this informant was unable to specify the accent marks that
> would make it obvious on paper.
>
> Can someone supply proper markings so I can see what I'm supposed to be
> hearing?
>
> TIA
>
> --
> War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
> --
> Paul B. Gallagher
> pbg translations, inc.
> "Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
> http://pbg-translations.com
>
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