Polymaths, etc.

[Clive Bloomfield]

Hello John, apologies for straying into non-Siouan irrelevance. One  
could not possibly, (nor shall I), fail to respect such a courteous &  
gentle  
reminder!                                                                
    Waunspeic'iya echel yuonihanphica kin! Mis^ eya hekta omaka nump  
wahehanl, wounspe omnaye kin mun k'un ichunhan, iapi oowe Dakhota  
(languages of Siouan type?) kin hena yuphiyakel akhiyapi kin un  
oyanke was^te kin le wanun iyewaye k'un, hetanhan wakhanyez^a wanz^i  
wichayus^'inyanyan s'e waskuyeca mas'ophiye kin ogna iyeic'iye  
s'elemacheca yelo! Chiye, hehantan hechel lechi wowapi eya ikapheya  
was^te cha ota akhigle blawa cha icat'a iyomakiphi k'un he un liglila  
philamayayelo!  Ho cha mis^ tokhel wichoh^'an kin echuns^niyan  
echamun hantanhans^, he un chantemas^icelo. Wan, miye cha thokeya  
thog iapi kin iwoblake lo. Thokatakiya letanhan, nioie kin he ogna,  
akhe ipaweh^ iblamnin kte sni yelo. Waunspekhiya, tokhi takuku  
lechas^  owawa kin hena ookah^nih^ theh^ike s^ni ni! Toks^a akhe,  
John na mitakuyepi unmapi kin, wochiciyakapelo, Clive le miye.  (P.S.  
Any corrections/comments welcome :-) Doubtless no Lakhota would ever  
write such interminable sentences - for that a classicist is  
required! :(( )
On 27/06/2006, at 8:03 AM, Koontz John E wrote:

> I have to problem with letters in Dakotan or other Siouan languages on
> this list, but for the sake of those of us who are monomaths amd/or
> monomaniacs I'd like to request that the exotic languages of Europe  
> and
> the discussion of them for their own sake (e.g., of English  
> dialectology
> beyond pronunciation of relevant names) fade somewhat into the  
> background.
> By all means continue with them off list!
>
> This sort of wandering off the track is about par on this list, and I
> always expect it about this time of the year, but please remember that
> this is a Siouan linguistics list.
>
> John E. Koontz
> http://spot.colorado.edu/~koontz