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Apr. 19th, 2008

02:08 am - OCS

How come there's Old Church Slavonic but there aren't any other old building slavonics?

I think there ought to be like Old Bank Slavonic, Old Restaurant Slavonic, Old Barbershop Slavonic, or Old Drugstore Slavonic...

At the very least, there should be Old Sawmill Slavonic.

Or, if you need cusswords, Old Bathroom Slavonic! YES THERE CAN BE INDIVIDUAL ROOM SLAVONICS. Hungry? Old Kitchen Slavonic! Yiffy? Old Bedroom Slavonic! In the mood for a game of foosball? Old Den Slavonic! Want to talk about cars? Old Garage Slavonic!

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From:	yippee
Date:	April 19th, 2008 03:03 pm (UTC)

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This Old House Slavonic?

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From:	wbwolf
Date:	April 19th, 2008 03:39 pm (UTC)

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One of the key phrases is "Be sure to always wear safety glasses."

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From:	kinkyturtle
Date:	April 19th, 2008 06:30 pm (UTC)

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There were a couple of Glagolitic letters that looked like safety glasses...

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From:	q_pheevr
Date:	April 19th, 2008 07:32 pm (UTC)

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Ⱈⰰⱆ ⱐⰱⰰⱆⱅ Ⱁⰾⰴ Ⰽⰰⰿⱂⱓⱅⱐⱃ Ⰾⱑⰱ Ⱄⰾⰰⰲⱁⱀⰺⰽ, ⱇⱁⱃ ⱂⱃⱁⱆⰳⱃⱑⰿⰺⱀⰳ? (Ⰼⰰⱄⱅ ⱐ ⱚⱁⱅ.)

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From:	kinkyturtle
Date:	April 20th, 2008 09:58 am (UTC)

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Hmm. I see nothing but question marks. Yet the email notification shows there's clearly some Unicode business going on. I shall have to do some detective work to puzzle this out.

Unless there's any hints you'd like to toss my way first?

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From:	q_pheevr
Date:	April 20th, 2008 03:08 pm (UTC)

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One of these might help dispel the question marks.

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From:	kinkyturtle
Date:	April 20th, 2008 11:09 pm (UTC)

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Ⰵⰳⰸⱑⰽⱅⰾⰺ. Ⱁⱃ ⱚⱐ ⰽⰾⱁⱄⰾⰺ ⱃⰺⰾⰵⰺⱅⱐⰴ ⰴⰰⰺⱐⰾⰵⰽⱅ, Ⱁⰾⰴ Ⰿⱑⰳⱀⰵⱅⰺⰽ Ⱃⰵⰸⱁⱀⰰⱀⱄ Ⰺⰿⰰⰼⰺⱀⰳ Ⱇⰰⱄⰺⰾⰺⱅⰺ Ⱄⰾⰰⰲⱁⱀⰺⰽ.

Edited at 2008-04-20 11:13 pm (UTC)

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From:	q_pheevr
Date:	April 20th, 2008 11:46 pm (UTC)

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Ⱐ ⱃⰺⰸⰰⱆⱀⰴⰺⱀⰳⰾⰺ ⱐⱅⱃⱑⰽⱅⰺⰲ ⱂⰺⰽⱍⱐⱃ.

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From:	lilacstarprint
Date:	April 20th, 2008 11:24 am (UTC)

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Well, y'see, it's very simple, KT. The Church was a big bully and didn't want to share its old Slavonic with anyone. So, it knocked down all of the other Slavonics and chased them away.

Old Church Slavonic is more brutal than Highlander. There can be only one!

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From:	deckardcanine
Date:	April 20th, 2008 05:38 pm (UTC)

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Well, how many buildings really pride themselves on being old? The Church has that "ever ancient, ever new" thing going, but places like banks don't want potential customers to think they don't even use computers yet.

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From:	kinkyturtle
Date:	April 20th, 2008 06:24 pm (UTC)

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Okay, but I still think there should at least be Old Sawmill Slavonic. At the very least, it could provide opportunities for melodramatic villainy!

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From:	deckardcanine
Date:	April 21st, 2008 01:09 pm (UTC)

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You have a point there.

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From:	thecanuckguy
Date:	April 20th, 2008 05:53 pm (UTC)

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For that matter, why do missionaries get to hog all the fun and have a sex position named after them?

Personally, I think that there should be other professions with sex positions, like "doing it accountant style" (which makes missionary seem exotic), "trucker style" (doing it all night long!) "convict style" (for gay men) and "gangster position" (anyone who watched The Godfather knows what I'm talking about here (Sonny Corlone, bridesmaid, need I say more?))

Those church folk have all the fun dammit!

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