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Tamuel

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 11:10 pm
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From "The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies Of The Apocalypse" (p. 72)
"And so the sounds of its smashing were alien to his ears.
The fraboius grametting of the lock against its keep was positively
malagrous in its percundity. The greebing and snattering was starkly blark.
And as for the spondabulous carapany that the broken door made as it struck
the vestibule floor ...
Rapantaderely phnargacious would be more accurate."

English is a foreign language to me, but I assume that none of the very
strange words does exist, as they are described as alien. Or do they?

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Mago

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 8:06 pm
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I haven't read this book yet but from what you've quoted it looks like a
homage to the poem "Beowolf" where most of the words were invented

Mago

"Tamuel" <bwestling.NOSPAM DeleteThis @comhem.se> wrote in message
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> From "The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies Of The Apocalypse" (p. 72)
> "And so the sounds of its smashing were alien to his ears.
> The fraboius grametting of the lock against its keep was positively
> malagrous in its percundity. The greebing and snattering was starkly
> blark.
> And as for the spondabulous carapany that the broken door made as it
> struck
> the vestibule floor ...
> Rapantaderely phnargacious would be more accurate."
>
> English is a foreign language to me, but I assume that none of the very
> strange words does exist, as they are described as alien. Or do they?
>
>

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tosh

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 10:50 pm
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Mago spoke thusly:
> I haven't read this book yet but from what you've quoted it looks like a
> homage to the poem "Beowolf" where most of the words were invented
>
> Mago
>

Are you sure you're not confusing Beowulf with Jabberwocky?
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