Chaotic Dreams CTF

Post by **R.Flagg** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 1:32 am

Haha, I'll have to take your word for it Nighthawk!

Could be a really nice recipe for lentil soup for all I know.

And thanks for playing along.

nighthawk · Post by **nighthawk** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 1:45 am

well it's not a lentil soup recipe... ok ok maybe a tomato sauce one but I stil did translate it the best I could

No for real anyone that can read french here will tell you it's the good thing. As long as they understand english 2

And BTW I always play along ... if you have more soup recipe you want just tell me ... I'm sure my mom will have a couple of those for you

jeditobe1 · Post by **jeditobe1** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 2:15 am

Well heres a recipe for a seizure, try translating the following:

Jabberwocky

`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"

He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought --
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.

And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.

"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.

`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

nighthawk · Post by **nighthawk** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 2:24 am

ok you win .... I can't even understand 2 word in there... I have no idea where you found this but I'd like to know

Ok so 1 jeditobe1 / 0 nighthawk

jeditobe1 · Post by **jeditobe1** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 2:26 am

Its a Lewis Carrol poem from Through the Looking Glass, the sequel to Alice in Wonderland.

Its also a favorite poem for people in elementary school to memorize, because its pure jibberish with a heroic theme

nighthawk · Post by **nighthawk** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 2:29 am

thanks for the info...

I'm not giving up tough... I'll try to translate it.. and I will come back with an answer to this challenge

FurrySound · Post by **FurrySound** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 2:30 am

Its ok nighthawk... I don't understand anything of that post either

I meant to respond to your 'lets see you try and write in more than one language'... ok, my french is very rough, but I can understand enough to get around in a french speaking country. If spoken to very slowly in Dutch, I can pickup most of it, and given a coupe of weeks can even respond in Dutch. On the other hand, I am fluent in Spanish.

This isn't meant as a 'I am better than you' post or anything, just a reply is all.

jeditobe1 · Post by **jeditobe1** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 2:33 am

Let me see if i can break it down a little, and it helps if you have an english root dictionary, since a lot of the words come from old english stuffs, like gyre and gimble... well gyre is close to gyro as in gyrocopter, gyroscope, etc.

Also a lot of the words are meant to convey their meaning by the way they sound, like frumious Bandersnatch

FurrySound · Post by **FurrySound** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 2:38 am

oic.. so you mean stuff like 'vermicious knid'

nighthawk · Post by **nighthawk** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 2:40 am

I'm not taking it as a "I'm better than you"...

I didn't want to make myself better than anybody else here but just to open the mind of some poeple who will only agree to speak their language and not even bother with others... I know I'm not the best in english but I do mannage to make myself understand in most of the ways. the fact that you speak alot of language is a really goos thing cause it prove that you are not self centered on your culture only. I'm not saying that poeple who can't speak more than one language are but that only that those who wouldn't like to learn more than what they know or don't even bother trying to understand are maybe a little self-centered.

I'm happy you didn't take it badly cause after I posted it I tought that maybe I did a mistake. I shouldn't have say some of those things but you know what bad day can make .... well anyway sorry if I offended anyone here I didn't meant it

FurrySound · Post by **FurrySound** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 2:44 am

So long as you aren't cursing, its fairly hard to offend me

I'm actually [EDIT]NOT[/EDIT] from your neck of the woods. I was born in Holland and also lived in Spain.

nighthawk · Post by **nighthawk** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 2:49 am

well I don't really understand this " I'm actually from your neck of the woods. I was born in Holland and also lived in Spain:

I was born in Quebec, live in Quebec..but I am Canadian .....

Sorry couldn't help myself

for those who don't understand this little joke try to find the I Am Canadian MP3 somewhere...

FurrySound · Post by **FurrySound** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 3:07 am

Well, then obviously I was mistaken. Post corrected.

nighthawk · Post by **nighthawk** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 3:08 am

anyway ...back at the subject...

I talked to Khern and he told me he had a picture or something already done for you guys... He should be sending it to you soon... He really liked the idea..

I think we will be waiting even more impatiently for this mod

Keep up the good work