WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU? (You might ask...)
Well, nothing of substance, actually.
Fun? Yea, I suppose there might be some fun
involved in babbling seemingly inane rhyming banter understandable to only
those "in the know," i.e., the gutteral utterals around us. But if you
look harder, you will notice some advantages.
For
instance, it won't take long to notice that dogs take particular notice
of DiLingo when spoken. Perhaps this is because the rhythm of DiLingo
satisfies their little canine minds in some way. Perhaps they're
attracted to DiLingo because of the brain damage all dogs have due to "shaken
child" syndrome they self-impose everytime they shake to dry off.
One thing is for certain, though: Dogs who heed DiLingo, for some
inexplicable reason, have no fleas. God (dog spelled backwards) works
in mysterious ways, eh?
The basics are laid down here. If enough interest
can be stirred up among the anal retentives among us, then we ought to
see it develop as its own monster.
Our continuing mission, to seek out new life in new
elocution, to boldly go where no linguist has gone before.
And this is where the great experiment begins.
I plan to update DiLingo from time to time. Which for me will take longer
the closer I get to the speed of light. I will use as my guidance E-mail
and submissions (via the Form) that people send
with suggestions for refinements, additions, and improvements. The elite
(that's right, for all of you self-appointed pseudo-grandiose out there)--an
elite of DiLinguists (called the Gutteral Utterals) will be the ones who
will influence the final dispositions for the advancement of the language.
"SUGGESTIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF DiLINGO" will be
updated and can be referred to from time to time. Ideas will be tempered
with a little Divine Right Authority and will be
added as official dogma periodically. These may be new grammatical rules,
syntactical policies, vocabulary, etc. Students of linguistics, get ready.
It's a fetal language going through glottal ontogeny. Pretty scary, eh?
Bing!
A
recent graduate of DiLingo, eager to expose his linguistic expertise.
How can you be counted among the Gutteral Utterals?
E-Mail me at:
DiLingo E-Mail
Or....manually mail to me at:
DiLingo
PO BOX 9121
Mandeville, La. 70470-9121
USA
and...
Submissions for vocabulary via
The Vocabulary Submission Form
Any advancements you propose that pass will be named after you, e.g.,
the Wayne Fontana Derivative of Gerundive Sexual Inappropriateness--
just an example--I made that up.
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Don't begin the study of DiLingo unless you're serious. Like becoming
a Jedi, incomplete training can be dangerous...or even maddening.
Just as there's a fulfillment in becoming proficient and speaking DiLingo,
also there's something unsettling about only dabbling in it. Most
linguists think it has to do with a throwback to the ancient Sirens, wherein
hearing the song, but not allowing yourself to be eaten, creates an unrequited
devotion that cannot be withstood without going frickin' nuts. |
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Blinking characters may cause seizures in some susceptible individuals.
But for most, it simply irritates those who repeatedly warn not to use
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If you're outraged that I might one day try to
milk this for cash...
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