RE: The Adventures of Ramon Letondu, Part III

[owasco]

I don't get the joke!
But I'm glad Ramon is settling in nicely.
I think And as a last resort, he tried to talk with his hands is more common usage in English.

Comments

[vcelier]

I don't get the joke!

It is in Syldavian.

[owasco]

I sat there and said the joke out loud to myself every which way I could, hoping the meaning was in the impossible pronunciation. All those z's! Then I thought maybe that was a clue that the unknown animal was a zebra. I worked hard on that joke.
The joke's on me, then.

[vcelier]

From Wikipedia:

Czesztot wzryzkar nietz on waghabontz! 'That's surely not a vagabond!'

Czesztot on klebcz. - "That's a dog."

[owasco]

So this fictional language is not imaginary? Or did you make that all up?
Nietz is the only word I understood.

[vcelier]

I gave you the web page: Syldavian

[owasco]

Oh! I was in too much of a hurry before. I see now. Thanks for redirecting me there.