Croatian word play

[Danko Sipka]

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From: "Danko Sipka" <Danko.Sipka at asu.edu>
To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 5:32 PM
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Croatian word play


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> Gȍrē gòrē gòre  gȍre no što dȍlje gòre gòrē.
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> lit. 1 worse 2 burn 3 mountains 4 above 56 than 7 below 8 mountains 9 burn
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> Best,
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> Danko Sipka
> Associate Professor Research and Associate Director
> Critical Languages Institute
> Arizona State University
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> ----- 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
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> > 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):
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> >         Gore gore
> >         gore gore
> >         nad shto dolje
> >         gore gore
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> > Or something to that effect ("sh" for s-hacek).
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> > 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.
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> > Can someone supply proper markings so I can see what I'm supposed to be
> > hearing?
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> > TIA
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> > --
> > 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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