How would this sound if you didn't know English?

[Michelle]

You know how the name Michelle might sound like Mush-Shell in our own
language?

Well, I’m writing several scenes that involve one character speaking
in English, and another character (who speaks Primal as his only
language) hearing fragmented sentences of gibberish.

This may seem like an odd request, but I was wondering if you can
translate a couple of sentences of English into what they sound like
in Primal. The more nonsensical the translation, the better.



If you don’t know what I mean, then here is an example of somebody who
wrote English lyrics to a Japanese song. Just watch from minute 0:00
to 1:12.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0bSz--cohw
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These are the paragraphs/sentences .


“Listen, since you’re feeling sick and all, I better leave. You
probably don’t want me sticken’ around waiting for dinner, I’ll come
by later on.”

“c’mon boy, c’mere.”

“Shhh- be quiet.”

“Hay! Shut the F*** up! It’s five in the morning."

"Wait, that... was oddly human sounding."
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Also, what kind of weird word combinations do the following names
sound like in Primal?

Michelle, Jason, Kimberly, Richard, Sarah, Mathew, Commander Wiggles
(a dog’s name), Mister Mailman, Doggy
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From
Michelle

I don't mean to re-post. I didn’t know if you got it the first time.

[Trickster Wolf]

I'm pressed for time this week--I'll be able to respond to this in detail around Tuesday-ish.

Trickster

[Michelle]

That’s okay. It’s midterms for my summer class for me too, so I
wouldn’t be able to write much anyway.

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[Michelle]

Sorry to bother you, but I have one week of vacation between my summer
class and my fall semester. I was wondering if you had time to
translate what those phrases would sound like before I had to go back
to school. Is it possible to have it ready around August 15th (on
Saturday?)

I know 8 days is not a lot of time, but I basically have a one week
window to write without worrying about college.

Thank you.

On Jul 14, 8:39 am, Trickster Wolf <wolf.tricks...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Trickster Wolf]

Yes!  I'll do it tomorrow.

Sorry for the delay--I was stuck with a deadline and I totally forgot.

Anna

[Michelle]

Not a problem! This is actually the first time I’ve had a full 10
consecutive hours to myself since I originally posted my question; I
was just so incredibly busy! I wasn’t able to write more than one or
two paragraphs a night. Ugh-

…….I’ll never do an English class during the summer again.

But anyway, thank you so much for helping me!

From:
Michelle

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[Trickster Wolf]

The first sentence is too long to sound like anything particular in Primal.  Just as if you heard a paragraph of French, you'd identify it as foreign quickly enough to avoid parsing it.  Only shorter sentences are likely to sound like something else amusing to a Primal speaker's ear.

"C'mon boy, c'mere." sounds like three nouns in a row:

Mister Mop.  Dictionary.  Mister President.

(where "Mister" just means a proper noun, not gender-specific)

"Shhh- be quiet." sounds like:

Only loneliness.  Mister Fan.

"Hey!  Shut the f*** up!  It's five in the morning." sounds like:

Hallway sucks on, and will swallow.  A hatch door.  Slipperiness.  Radio waves.  An exponent saves.

"Wait, that... was oddly human sounding." sounds like:

Ceratosaur.  Breakfast is to the left of speckled-ness, and does if and only if magnet.  The color white blends.

Michelle sounds exactly like the phrase "...and rose".  A Primal speaker would probably call her "shel", or "Rose".

Jason sounds somewhat like "chey-sen", which means "Hole times.", as in, a hole keeps track of time.  A Primal speaker would probably call him "chey", or "Hole".

Kimberly sounds like two sentences: "Heron.  Purring (expressing contentment) does."  A Primal speaker might be inclined to call her "kim", or "Heron".  Alternately, "pur" might fit...this is actually a common Primal name.

Richard sounds like the phrase "...near-to elder".  A Primal speaker would probably call him "churp", or "Elder".

Sarah sounds like the incomplete phrase, "Result-of.  The..."  A Primal speaker would call her "sair", or "Result".

Matthew sounds vaguely like "Knot.  You."  A Primal speaker would call him "muoth" (like "moth", but the vowel rhymes with "foot"), for "Knot", and this would be considered an amusing name.

Commander Wiggles sounds vaguely like "Mister light-bulb.  Location with phoneme."  It sounds ridiculous to a Primal speaker.  One would likely call him "meln", or "Light-bulb".

Mister Mailman doesn't really sound Primal-eqsue enough.  It's unlikely a Primal speaker would mishear this as anything particular.

Doggy would sound like vaguely like "tiny beak" to a Primal speaker.  They might expect the animal to be a small bird rather than a dog.

Hope this helps!

Trickster

[Michelle]

Oh, my goodness -I can’t stop giggling!
Thank you! Now my Primal speaking character can reminisce about how
silly his English name sounds.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

From:
Michelle

P.S.
It actually took me several minutes to control my giggling long enough
to type this reply.