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From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 131
Date: 1999-10-30

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Here are my own proposals. Criticism warmly invited.
 
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Piotr
 
 
 
GOOD MORNING.
Osu, su-diwom!
hail, good day
THANKS.
Dje:us toi prixeto:t.
Sky-god to you may be friendly
SEE YOU TOMORROW.
Nu xausos@...
now till dawn
(to a PIE horse:) MOVE YOUR BLOOMIN' ARSE!
Uelke tuom pesdont@... xorsom!
drag your farting arse
(to a charioteer:) WILL YOU HAVE SOME MEAD?--NO, THANKS, I'M DRIVING.
Poixesoine medhuos? -- N'oinom, eimi uogho:.
you drink-SUBJUNCTIVE-MEDIOPASSIVE-not of mead?   not one   I go by vehicle
WHAT'S YOUR JOB?--I'M A HERO. I RIDE HORSES. I SLAY DRAGONS AND BEARS WITH MY BATTLE-AXE.
Kwit essi? -- Esmi ui:ros. Ekuoisu ueghomoi. Egomge ghw@...: s@...@ns x@... emo: ghw@...:.
what are you?   I am hero   on horses I transport-MEDIOPASSIVE  I-EMPHATIC slay-ITERATIVE serpents bears-too with my weapon
I'M A SHEPHERD. I PROTECT MY LIVESTOCK FROM WOLVES. SO DOES MY DOG.
Esmi pkupaxs. Nu poku paxsmi u@...:is. Tosmot emos kuo:n paxsti.
I am shepherd   now livestock I protect from wolves   the same my dog guards