A little (trilingual) fun!

[Clive Bloomfield]

Happy New Year, all! :D

And now for a little party fun - with, (hopefully) at least some  
Siouan relevance (Lakota).

No disrespect intended, naturally, just a little linguistic light- 
heartedness & entertainment over the "silly" season - after all, as  
they said in the classics,
"Nemo omnibus horis sapit", (approx. "laughter is the most salubrious  
riposte to life's dirty left" [Veramente -traduttore traditore!]), am  
I right? ;)

Hey Anthony, how about a Geordie version? Bruce, what about a Scots,  
or maybe Cockney version? Dave, U.S. West Coast, or Biloxi? Omaha- 
Ponca version?
Jimm, Osage, Ioway, Kansa, Quapaw? Mandan, Hidatsa, Crow? Winnebago?  
Catawba, Oto, Tutelo?   Rumsien Ohlone, Dave? Improved Lakota?


DRAMATIS PERSONAE :

2 Aussie blokes, Chaz (Charlie), and "Bluey" his best mate  
(ubiquitous red-haired male personage; orig. Christian name  
irrevocably lost in mists of time);
1 fun-loving Aussie sheila Bluey's better half; (definitely a good- 
sport);
1 funster U.S. citizen, Marvin (indeterminate dialect); 1 party- 
loving Lakota.

AETATES VITAE (Quot annos hi nati sunt? What ages?) :

Young at heart .

LOCUS ACTIONIS :

Somewhere "Down Under" : usually  on the back patio, 'round the  
swimming-pool; (ankle-biters & grandkids long tucked-up in bed).

TEMPUS ANNI : Commonly mid-summer twilit late evening.

TEMERATURA : vesperi magnopere aestuosa (hic enim saepe aestuat) -  
often abt. 96 to 110 degrees F.





Aussie :            [=G'day blokes & sheilas! Geez,  ripper party,  
fair dinkum!]

American :     [=Hi, gang! Hot dog, this is one bad-aassss party -  
yessirrree!]

Lakh^o'ta :    [=Hau mita'kuye thechi'h^ilapi kiN! A'wichakh^eya, le'  
kichi'chopi kin li'lah^ciN wo'imag^ag^a s'ele'!]



Aussie :           [='Ay Chaz me ole china, pull your finger out,  
there's a good feller : just chuck another dingo on the barbie,  
willya son?]

American :     [=Hey there, Chuck ole buddy, get the lead out & toss  
another coyote on the B-B-Q there, woncha? Attaboy!]

Lakh^o'ta :    [=Ho' wo, Charlie kh^ola', akhe' shuNgma'nitu wanz^i'  
s^paN kta cha oche'thi kiN aka'N au'N wet^o'!]



Aussie :               [=No worries in the world, mate! Beauty- 
bottler, cobber!]

American :        [=Sure thing, pal! Like, totally awesome, bro!]

Lakh^o'ta  :      [=Oha'N chekpa'! ChiNto'k? Li'la chaNtéwas^teya  
echa'chicicuN kte, kh^ola', he'  i'cat'a khili' kte tkh^a' !



Aussie sheila :                                                    
[=Crickey, sport, this 'ere's flamin' grouse tucker, eh, Bluey!]

American babe :                                               [=Hey  
bigboy, this grub sure kicks ass, ain't that the truth!]

Lakh^o'ta th^awi'chiNcala kiN   :             [=Ith^o', wicha'h^ca,  
le' wo'yute kiN paNh^ya' oyu'l was^te' la'h^cake le!



Aussie :          [='Struth Ruth, is it what, pet!!]

American :    [=You better believe it, babydoll!!]

Lakh^o'ta :   [=WaN, winu'h^ca is^ta th^oth^o' , ta'ku ehe' kiN  
he'chetu kiN he' chet'u'Nwagla s^ni yelo'!!]



P.S. I  hope my Lakhota is at least marginally better than my  
American dialects! I suspect not. ;)

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