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Re: [romconlang] What are african romlangs like?



--- On Sun, 1/17/10, Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@hidden.email> wrote:

On 2010-01-17 Padraic Brown wrote:
>> Agreed. Though, again, it will depend on how you mean 
>> "realism" here. Do you mean "realistic" as in correct by 
>> the book on Vulgar Latin? Or do you mean "realistic" as 
>> in not artifical sounding, simulating the *life* within a 
>> VL dialect, but not necessarily being a direct descendant 
>> or close relative?

>That would be the difference between realistic and
>naturalistic as I use the terms.

OK. For me, the two terms are synonymous in a situation like this.

>I like tomato halves fried in olive oil and
>sprinkled with thyme.

Will have to try.

>My son can't even stand
>the sight of the fried tomatoes!

Ha! Perhaps he should try em with catsup and mustard!

>/BP 8^)>

Padraic