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3019.0. "SAY this story on Amiga" by WJG::GUINEAU () Sat Oct 14 1989 21:38

Here's another USENET tidbit.  It's a story of some kind that looks (and
sounds) kinda like a cross between German and English... 

It's meant for the Amiga SAY command.

(also found at WJG::AMIGA:STORY.TXT).

Maybe someone can explain it?

John


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From: cg@ami-cg.UUCP (Chris Gray)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Good for a chuckle
Keywords: narrator story cute
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Date: 8 Oct 89 19:05:09 GMT
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While going through a bunch of old junk today, I came across something a
friend had used with a speech synthesizer on a PDP-11 (an old Votrax from
Federal Screw Works). The old timers have probably seen it already. Take
the enclosed story, put it in a file called 'story', and enter the command

    say -s200 -p150 -x story

See if you can figure it all out.

--------------------------cut-here--story----------------------------------
    Wants pawn term dare worsted ladle gull hoe lift wetter murder inner ladle
cordage honor itch offer lodge dock florist. Disc ladle gull orphan worry ladle
cluck wetter putty ladle rat hut, end fur disc raisin pimple caulder ladle rat
rotten hut. Wan moaning rat rotten hut's murder colder inset: 'Ladle rat rotten
hut, heresy ladle basking winsome burden barter end shirker cockles. Tick disc
ladle basking tudor cordage offer groin murder hoe lifts honor udder site offer
florist. Shaker lake, dun stopper laundry wrote, end yonder nor sorgum stenches
stopper torque wet strainers.' 'Hoe cake, murder', resplendent ladle rat rotten
hut, end tickle ladle basking an sturred oft.

    Honor wrote tudor cordage offer groin murder, ladle rat rotten hut mit
anamalous woof. 'Wail wail wail,' set disc wicket woof, 'evanescent ladle rat
rotten hut! Wares or putty ladle gull goring wizard ladle basking?' 'Armor
goring tumor groin murder's,' reprisal ladle gull. 'Grammars seeking bet. Armor
ticking arson burden barter end shirker cockles.' 'O hoe! Heifer blessing
woke,' setter wicket woof, butter taught tomb shelf, 'Oil ticket shirt court
tudor cordage offer groin murder. Oil ketchup wetter letter, an den O bore!'

    Soda wicket woof tucker shirt court, end whinney retched a cordage offer
groin murder, picket inner window an dore debtor port oil worming worse lion
inner bet. Inner flesh disc abdominal woof lipped honor betting adder rope.
Zany pool dawn a groin murder's nut cup an gnat gun, any curdle dope inner bet.

    Inner ladle wile ladle rat rotten hut a raft attar cordage an ranker dough
ball. 'Comb ink, sweat hard,' setter wicket woof, disgracing is verse. Ladle
rat rotten hut entity bet rum end stud buyer groin murder's bet. 'Oh grammar,'
crater ladle gull, 'Wart bag icer gut! A nervous sausage bag ice!' 'Butter
lucky chew whiff, doling,' whiskered disc ratched woof, wetter wicket small.
'Oh grammar, water bag noise! A nervous sore suture anamalous prognosis!'
'Buttered small your whiff,' inserter woof, ants mouse worse wadding. 'Oh
grammar, water bag mousey gut! A nervous sore suture bag mouse!' Daze worry on
forger nut gull's lest warts. Oil offer sodden throne offer carvers an
sprinkling otter bet, disc curl an bloat Thursday woof ceased pore ladle rat
rotten hut an garbled erupt.

Mural:
    Yonder nor sorghum stenches shud ladle gulls stopper torque wet strainers.
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Chris Gray    usenet: {uunet,alberta}!myrias!ami-cg!cg	  CIS: 74007,1165

    
    Wants pawn term dare worsted ladle gull hoe lift wetter 
    ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A LITTLE GIRL WHO LIVED WITH HER 

    murder inner ladle cordage honor itch offer lodge dock florist. 
    MOTHER IN A LITTLE COTTAGE ON THE EDGE OF A LARGE DARK FOREST.


    Cute stuff... I think there was a collection of these 'stories'
    published but I can't recall.  I wonder what this style of writing
    is called.

    BTW, I found the SAY command (as well as DECtalk) to be no help
    in interpreting this sort of thing.

    -bw

    When I was but a lad in Elementary School (in the 50's), a
    popular fun pastime for my older (High School) sister and her
    friends was to try to reproduce familiar stories using real English
    words similar in sound but different in actual meaning. 
    I can recall my father laughing _real_ hard, and going in to
    hear what was going on. I laughed, too, but didn't understand
    the humor in the thing until I was much older. I don't know where
    she got the idea, but I am sure it has been around awhile.
    
    Thanks for entering the note! It brought back some good memories!!
    
    John B.