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I propose a slightly shorter paragraph than the Shaw paragraph:

"Many years ago, I contracted an intimacy with a Mr. William
Legrand. He was of an ancient Huguenot family, and had once been
wealthy; but a series of misfortunes had reduced him to want. To
avoid the mortification consequent upon his disasters, he left New
Orleans, the city of his forefathers, and took up his residence at
Sullivan's Island, near Charleston, South Carolina."

Extra credit to the first person who notes in this group from where
the quote comes and its author. (Please note if you had it memorized
or how you found the reference.)

/rik

--- In shavian@y..., "skilbo11834" <usmaak@a...> wrote:
> I really like those sentences that test my Shavian writing
ability.
> You know, like the Foreword one from a few days ago. Are there any
> others that I can play with?



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Of course, I need to answer the mail myself!

menI jIrz agO, F kontrAktid an intamusI wiH a /misD /wiljam /lagrynd. hI waz v An Encant /hVganO fAmlI, n hAd wans bin welTI; bat a sIrIz v misfPcanz hAd ridMsd him t want. t avqd H mPtifikESan konsekwent upon hiz dizAstDs, hI left /nM /Plinz, H citI v hiz fPfyHDz, n tUk up hiz rezidans At /sulivan's /Flan, nIr /cyrlstan, /sQT /kErOlFna.

/rik

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Hullo,

here's my attempt - still can't get my mail to view
any Shavian fonts, though it sees plenty of other odd
ones and can view yours O.K. - didn't have much time
to check this over lunch (it took 45 mins! - I'm so
slow at typing in Shavian...). I've attached it as an
.htm file in case that's easier to view...

best regards,
Michael



MenI jDz agO, F kantrAkad an intamasI wih a Gmista
GwilWm
Glagrond. HI waz v an Encant GhVganO fAmlI, n had wons
bIn
welTI; bat a sCiz v misfYcMnz had radVst him t wont. t

avqd H mYtifikESan konsukwant upon hiz dizAstaz, hI
left GnV
GylWnz, H sitI v hiz fYfyHDz, n tUk up hiz rezidans at

Gsulivanz GFland, nC Gcylstan, GsQT GkArolFna.>

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"Many years ago, I contracted an intimacy with a Mr. William
Legrand. He was of an ancient Huguenot family, and had once been
wealthy; but a series of misfortunes had reduced him to want. To
avoid the mortification consequent upon his disasters, he left New
Orleans, the city of his forefathers, and took up his residence at
Sullivan's Island, near Charleston, South Carolina."

"menI jIrz agO, F kuntrAkted An intimasI wiT a /mistD wiljan lagrAnd. hI wuz v An Encent /hVganO fAmlI, n hAd wuns ben welTI; but a sCIz v misfPcanz hAd rIdMst him t wYnt. t avQd H mPtifikESan konsakwent upon hiz disAstDz, hI left /nM PlInz, H sitI v hiz fPfYHDz, n tUk up hiz rezidens At /sulivenz Flend, nIr /cRlstan, /sulT kArOlFna."

How'd I do?


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Ok, here goes...

"Chang at leisure was superior to Lynch in his rouge, munching a lozenge at the burial in Merrion Square of Hyperion the Alien who valued his billiards so highly. Quick! Quick! Hear the queer story how father and son one time sat in the house man to man eating bread and telling the tale of the fir on the road to the city by the sea following the coast to its fall full two fathoms deep. There they lived together served by the carrier, whose narrower mind through beer was sore and whose poor boy shivered over the fire all day lingering in a tangle of tactless empty instinct, ineptly swallowing quarts of stingo. [Why did he and his father bother to behave so whimsically in such weather?]

cAN At lIZD wuz supCID t /linc in hiz rMZ, munciN a losenJ At H bXIal in /merW skwX v /hFpXIan H ElIan hM vAlVd hiz biljRds sO hFlI. kwik! kwik! hC H kwIr stPI hQ fYHD n sun wun tFm sAt in H hQs mAn t mAn ItiN bred n teliN H tEl v H fx on H rOd t H sitI bF H sI fYlOiN H kOst t its fYl fUl tM fAHamz dIp. HX HE livd tageHD sxvd bF H kArIar, hMz nArOD mFnd TrM bIr wuz sP n hMz pP bq SivDd OvD H fFx Yl dE liNgDiN in a tANgal v tAktles emptI instiNkt, ineptlI swYlOiN kwPts v stiNgO. [wF did hI n hiz fyHD bYHD t bIhEv sO wimziklI in suc weHD?]

How did I do?

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"Many years ago, I contracted an intimacy with a Mr. William
Legrand. He was of an ancient Huguenot family, and had once been
wealthy; but a series of misfortunes had reduced him to want. To
avoid the mortification consequent upon his disasters, he left New
Orleans, the city of his forefathers, and took up his residence at
Sullivan's Island, near Charleston, South Carolina."

Can't resist it.

menI jCz agO, F kantrAktad an intamasI wiH a mr /wiljam /lagrond. hI woz v an EnSant /hVgnO fAmalI, n hAd wuns bIn welTI; but a sCIz v misfPcanz hAd ridVst him t wont. t avqd H mPtafikESan konsakwant apon hiz dizystDz, hI left /nV /PlInz, H sitI v hiz fPfyHDz, n tUk up hiz resadans At /sulavan'z /Fland, nC /cRlstan, /sQT /kAralFna.

Did I pronounce all the American names right? :)

F'd lFl t trF His agen Az it's bIn At lIst a jC sins F rOt it lyst...

GcAN At leZD woz sMpCID t /linc in hiz rMZ, munciN a lozanJ At H berIal in /merIan /skwX v /hFpCIan H ElIan hM vAlVd hiz biljDdz sO hFlI. kwik! kwik! hC H kwC stPI hQ fyHD n sun wun tFm sAt in H hQs mAn t mAn ItiN bred n teliN H tEl v H fx on H rOd t H sitI bF H sI folOiN H kOst t its fYl fUl tM fAHamz dIp. HX HE livd tageHD sxvd bF H kArID, hMz nArOD mFnd TrM bC woz sP n hMz pP bq SivDd OvD H fFD Yl dE liNgDiN in a tANgal v tAktlas emptI instiNkt, ineptlI swolOiN kwPts v stiNgO. [wF did hI n hiz fyHD boHD t bihEv sO wimsiklI in suc weHD?]

----- Original Message -----
From: usmaak <mailto:usmaak@...>
To: Shavian List <mailto:shavian@...>
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 12:49 AM
Subject: [shavian] The Test, Part One

Ok, here goes...

"Chang at leisure was superior to Lynch in his rouge, munching a lozenge at the burial in Merrion Square of Hyperion the Alien who valued his billiards so highly. Quick! Quick! Hear the queer story how father and son one time sat in the house man to man eating bread and telling the tale of the fir on the road to the city by the sea following the coast to its fall full two fathoms deep. There they lived together served by the carrier, whose narrower mind through beer was sore and whose poor boy shivered over the fire all day lingering in a tangle of tactless empty instinct, ineptly swallowing quarts of stingo. [Why did he and his father bother to behave so whimsically in such weather?]

cAN At lIZD wuz supCID t /linc in hiz rMZ, munciN a losenJ At H bXIal in /merW skwX v /hFpXIan H ElIan hM vAlVd hiz biljRds sO hFlI. kwik! kwik! hC H kwIr stPI hQ fYHD n sun wun tFm sAt in H hQs mAn t mAn ItiN bred n teliN H tEl v H fx on H rOd t H sitI bF H sI fYlOiN H kOst t its fYl fUl tM fAHamz dIp. HX HE livd tageHD sxvd bF H kArIar, hMz nArOD mFnd TrM bIr wuz sP n hMz pP bq SivDd OvD H fFx Yl dE liNgDiN in a tANgal v tAktles emptI instiNkt, ineptlI swYlOiN kwPts v stiNgO. [wF did hI n hiz fyHD bYHD t bIhEv sO wimziklI in suc weHD?]

How did I do?

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It's about time there was a bit of nice reading material for you all to chomp on. Here are a few items I knocked up yesterday that might prove fun to read. They are written in the Shaw Roman no.1 font (available here <http://www.mixsynth.btinternet.co.uk/shavian/content/cshawr1.ttf> ), just as a change from the Ghoti and Lionspaw fonts we're all used to. If anyone wants even more fonts, I can post links to every Shavian font I know in my next posting.

Hugh

sum iNgliS-spIkiN kuntrIz' nASanal AnTamz


/god sEv H /kwIn



god sEv QD grESas kwIn,

loN liv QD nObal kwIn,

/god sEv H /kwIn!

send hx viktPIas,

hApI n glPIas,

loN t rEn OvD us,

/god sEv H kwIn!



O /lPd QD /god DFz,

skAtD hx enamIz

n mEk Hem fYl;

kanfQnd HX polatiks,

frustrEt HX nEviS triks,

on HI QD hOps wI fiks,

O, sEv us Yl!



HF cqsast gifts in stP

on hx bI plIzd t pP;

loN mE SI rEn;

mE SI difend QD lYz,

n evD giv us kYz

t siN wiH hRt n vqs,

/god sEv H /kwIn!





H /stR /spANgald /bAnD




O sE kAn V sI, bF H dYn'z xlI lFt,

wot sO prQdlI wI hEld At H twFlFt's lyst glImiN?

hMz brYd strFps n brFt stRz, TrM H peralas fFt,

O'D H rApRts wI woct, wx sO gAlantlI strImiN?

n H rokits' red glX, H bomz bxstiN in X,

gEv prMf TrM H nFt HAt QD flAg woz stil HX.

O sE, duz HAt stR-spANgald bAnD jet wEv

O'D H lAnd v H frI n H hOm v H brEv?



on H SP, dimlI sIn TrM H mists v H dIp,

wX H fO'z hYtI hOst in dred sFlans ripOzaz,

wot iz HAt wic H brIz, O'D H tQDiN stIp,

Az it fitfalI blOz, nQ kansIlz, nQ disklOzaz?

nQ it kAcaz H glIm v H mPniN'z fxst bIm,

in fUl glPI riflektad nQ SFnz on H strIm:

'tiz H stR-spANgald bAnD! O loN mE it wEv

O'D H lAnd b H frI n H hOm v H brEv.



n wX iz HAt bAnd hM sO vYntiNlI swP

HAt H hAvak v wP n H bAtal'z kanfVZan

a hOm n a kuntrI SUd lIv us nO mP?

HX blud hAz wFpt Qt HX fQl fUtstep's palMSan.

nO refVJ kUd sEv H hFDliN n slEv

from H terD v flFt, P H glMm v H grEv:

n H stR-spANgald bAnd in trFumf doT wEv

O'D H lAnd v H frI n H hOm b H brEv.



O! Hus bI it evD, wen frImen SAl stAnd

batwIn HX luvd hOmz n H wP'z desalESan!

blest wiH viktDI n pIs, mE H hevan-reskVd lAnd

prEz H pQD HAt hAT mEd n prazxvd a nESan.

Hen koNkD wI must, wen QD kYz it iz Just,

n His bI QD motO: "in /god iz QD trust."

n H stR-spANgald bAnD in trFumf SAl wEv

O'D H lAnd v H frI n H hOm v H brEv!



/frynsis /skot /kI (1779-1843)



anvyns /ostrElIa fX



/ostrElIanz Yl let us riJqs,

fP wI R juN n frI;

wI'v gOldan sql n welT fP tql;

QD hOm iz gxt bF sI;

QD lAnd abQndz in nEcD'z gifts

v bVtI ric n rX;

in histDI'z pEJ, let evrI stEJ

avdyns /ostrElIa fX.

in Jqfal strEnz Hen let us siN,

advyns /ostrElIa fX.



binIT QD rEdIant suHDn kros

wI'l tql wiH hRts n hAndz;

t mEk His /komanwelT v QDz

rinQnd v Yl H lAndz;

fP HOz hM'v kum akros H sIz

wI'v bQndlas plEnz t SX;

wiH kuriJ let us Yl kambFn

t advyns /ostrElIa fX.

in Jqfal strEnz Hen let us siN,

advyns /ostrElIa fX.




O /kAnada




O /kAnada!

QD hOm n nEtiv lAnd!

trM pEtrIat luv in Yl HF sunz kamynd.

wiH glOiN hRts wI sI HI rFz,

H trM nPT stroN n frI!

from fR n wFd,

O /kAnada, wI stAnd on gRd fP HI.

/god kIp QD lAnd glPIas n frI!

O /kAnada, wI stAnd on gPd fP HI.

O /kAnada, wI stAnd on gRd fP HI.



/lPd bles [sQT] /Afrika



/lPd, bles /Afrika

mE hx spirit rFz hF up

hC HQ QD prEDz

/lPd bles us.



/lPd, bles /Afrika

mE hx spirit rFz hF up

hC HQ QD prEDz

/lPd bles us

jP fAmalI.



kPas

disend, O spirit

disend, O hOlI spirit

lPd bles us

jP famalI.

(ripIt)



/god difend /nV /zIland



/god v nESanz! At HF fIt

in H bondz v luv wI mIt,

hC QD vQsaz, wI intrIt,

/god difend QD frI lAnd.

gRd /pasifik's tripal stR,

from H Syfts v strFf n wP,

mEk hx prEzaz hxd afR,

/god dafend /nV /zIland.



men v evrI krId n rEs

gAHD hC bifP hF fFs,

yskiN HI t bles His plEs,

/god difend QD frI lAnd.

from disenSan, envI, hEt,

n kDupSan gRd QD stEt,

mEk QD kuntrI kUd n grEt,

/god difend /nV /zIland.



pIs, not wP, SAl bI QD bOst,

but, SUd fOz asEl QD kOst,

mEk us Hen a mFtI hOst,

/god difend QD frI lAnd.

lPd v bAtalz in HF mFt,

pUt QD enamIz t flFt,

let QD kYz bI Just n rFt,

/god difend /nV /zIland.



let QD luv fP HI inkrIs,

mE HF blesiNz nevD sIs,

giv us plentI, giv us pIs,

/god difend QD frI lAnd.

from disonD n from SEm

gRd QD kuntrI'z spotlas nEm

krQn hx wiH imPtal fEm,

/god difend /nV /zIland.



mE QD mQntanz evD bI

frIdam'z rAmpRts on H sI,

mEk us fETfal untM HI,

/god difend QD frI lAnd.

gFd hx in H nESan'z vAn,

prIciN luv n trMT t mAn,

wxkiN Qt HX glPIas plAn,

/god difend /nV /zIland.




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--- Hugh Birkenhead <h.birkenhead@...> wrote:
> It's about time there was a bit of nice reading material for you all
> to chomp on. Here are a few items I knocked up yesterday that might
> prove fun to read. They are written in the Shaw Roman no.1 font
> (available here), just as a change from the Ghoti and Lionspaw fonts
> we're all used to. If anyone wants even more fonts, I can post links
> to every Shavian font I know in my next posting.
>
> Hugh


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--- Hugh Birkenhead <h.birkenhead@...> wrote:
> It's about time there was a bit of nice reading material for you all
> to chomp on. Here are a few items I knocked up yesterday that might
> prove fun to read. They are written in the Shaw Roman no.1 font
> (available here), just as a change from the Ghoti and Lionspaw fonts
> we're all used to. If anyone wants even more fonts, I can post links
> to every Shavian font I know in my next posting.
>
> Hugh


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