> On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 03:23:16PM -0700, Roderick and Ellen
Robertson wrote:
> > > Doubtless this means you have to say it in the right tone,
but...
>
> > Yeah, if the intonation is wrong it means "Thou bastard child of
a Giraffe
> > and a Lawn Mower". Crazy people, those Kralori!
>
> I think given Kralori attitudes to hsunchen, that'd be getting the
tonal
> quality close enough for government work! Possibly once again,
quite
> literally... "'High Llama' would have been more idiomatic, but
that's a
> passing grade -- congratulations, probationary assistant submandarin
pro
> temps LobErTsun. You'll find your desk just past the third
ShanShan to
> the right."
>
> Cheers,
> Alex.
Or perhaps something along the lines of "Urinating dog" - with
apologies to Terry Pratchett.
Graeme :)