Let me just say that English is a great language and one we often take for granted. So, I wrote the following article to point that out, perhaps also to remind people like me that keep forgetting, and because I thought it would be great fun — and it was.
Every now and then something takes place that reminds me of this, and this time I thought I would share.
It so happens that I started writing a western novel in Spanish and before you can say yes’m, I was running into what seemed insurmountable problems. Up until then I did not realize that our western language (Gunsmoke, Rifleman, Bonanza, Rio Lobo with John Wayne and Jennifer O’Neill, or anything by Louis L’amour) is exclusively an English language brand, a sort of registered trademark ®, one that does not exist in any other language I know of, and certainly not in Spanish. That’s not to say it can’t be done, but many of our most common and dearly beloved western sayings and phrases cannot be translated, at least not well, and if you do, it usually comes out with a different flavor. Still, I’m not discouraged and for now, I’m head down like a mule, stubbornly following each consecutive line like they were furrows on the page, sowing the seeds and plowing ahead.
Here is the link to the article: Denton Record Chronicle
27 thoughts on “Guest essay. Thoughts on inventing a new language. Denton Record Chronicle, 7-12-19”
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manuel
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manuel
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Today, I went to the beach front with my kids. I found a sea shell and gave it to my 4 year old daughter and said “You can hear the ocean if you put this to your ear.†She put the shell to her ear and screamed. There was a hermit crab inside and it pinched her ear. She never wants to go back! LoL I know this is completely off topic but I had to tell someone!
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manuel
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manuel
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