The Hyperactive Voice: An Anthropological Linguistic Study of the Oboioboioboiwikantsitstil--Claude Searsplainpockets SpecGram Vol CXLVII, No 4 Contents Linguistics: The Ultimate Field of Study?--I.M. Shirley Wright

Gothic for Travellers

A. Judzis, the Visigoth

Making friends

Hints for the traveller: The Goths are a very friendly and gregarious people. They will be quick to invite you to their homes for special ceremonies and entertainments. They also have hot tempers, so don't turn down an invitation to go home with a Goth. Good conversation starters are death, torture, eating and drinking.

What do you do? hwa taw-yis thoo
𐍈𐌰 𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌹𐍃 𐌸𐌿
I'm a... ik im...
𐌹̈𐌺 𐌹́𐌼
tax collector mow-tar-ees
𐌼𐍉𐍄𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃
harlot kahl-kyo
𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌺𐌾𐍉
slave skalks
𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌺𐍃
priest good-ya
𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌾𐌰
What are you drinking? Hwa drin-kays thoo
𐍈𐌰 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌺𐌰𐌹𐍃 𐌸𐌿
wine ween
𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽
water ahwa
𐌰𐍈𐌰
blood bloth
𐌱𐌻𐍉𐌸
Would you like to... will-ees thoo...
𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃 𐌸𐌿
dance? plin-syahn
𐍀𐌻𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽
listen to some songs? how-syahn sahn-gwins
𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 𐍃𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍃
kill a pig? ahf-snee-thahn ayn sweena
𐌰𐍆𐍃𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌰𐌹𐌽 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰
make merry? bee-wis-ahn
𐌱𐌹𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽
run away with me? ahf-thlee-yoo-hahn mith mis
𐌰𐍆𐌸𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽 𐌼𐌹𐌸 𐌼𐌹𐍃
act unseemly? eye-wis-kohn
𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍉𐌽
Where do you live? hwar lib-ays thoo
𐍈𐌰𐍂 𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍃 𐌸𐌿
Take off your clothes. ahnd-wah-see sick
𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌰𐍃𐌴𐌹 𐍃𐌹𐌺
Don't be afraid. nee forh-tyan sis
𐌽𐌴𐌹 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 𐍃𐌹𐍃
You're an angel. thoo is ahn-gi-loos
𐌸𐌿 𐌹𐍃 𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌿𐍃
Kiss me. koo-kee mis
𐌺𐌿𐌺𐌴𐌹 𐌼𐌹𐍃
I love you. free-yo ik thook
𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉 𐌹̈𐌺 𐌸𐌿𐌺
 
Phrases to avoid

Fool! (term of contempt) rah-kah
𐍂𐌰𐌺𐌰
You idiot! dwah-lah*
𐌳𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌰
* Warning: Anyone caught saying 𐌳𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌰 is burned at the town dump.

I despise you. fra-kahn thoos
𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌽𐌽 𐌸𐌿𐍃
You generation of vipers. koo-ni nod-ray
𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌹 𐌽𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌴
I spit upon your mother. bi-spee-wah anah eye-theen thee-na
𐌱𐌹𐍃𐍀𐌴𐌹𐍅𐌰 𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰

The Hyperactive Voice: An Anthropological Linguistic Study of the Oboioboioboiwikantsitstil--Claude Searsplainpockets
Linguistics: The Ultimate Field of Study?--I.M. Shirley Wright
SpecGram Vol CXLVII, No 4 Contents