From: Anton Sherwood (bronto@pobox.com)
Date: Thu May 01 2003 - 10:17:58 EST
> En réponse à Anton Sherwood :
>> I've seen that [i.e. `Volapük' used to mean `incomprehensible']
>> in French, but cannot now recall the context.
Christophe Grandsire scripsit:
> Probably a discussion about Auxlangs,
It was before I knew the word `auxlang'. ;)
Possibly in a "beyond the dictionary" sort of book.
I also remember seeing (in 1977) a b.d. album,
_Le monstre du Volapük_, where V. seemed to be a geographic name.
> because the expression is not common in French.
How disappointing. Perhaps the book where I found it
was behind the times.
-- Anton Sherwood, http://www.ogre.nu/
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