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I think Mato's worries about rapid evolution are not well-founded for chats -- or even Skype.

I wholeheartedly agree.

Don't cuss, in any language-- particularly the personal insults

That's a really good rule...for any website.

Do you really want to say three sentences for "rubber" and three others for "glue" ? I suggest you migrate mentally to tokiponaland and say something like : telo jaki pi uta akesi li ken ala pakala e waso sewi. Well, that doesn't really convey the meaning I was going for, but th...

janMato wrote:

tokipona keyboard.jpg

This seems to be a language suitable for one handed typing.

Can I has manufacturer?

This doesn't seem practical. If one can already type TP with existing keyboards, why would a specialty keyboard even be necessary?

Then I learn than old bab was some sort of syllabary and doesn't have toki pona syllables.

It seems like a good enough system to be adapted.

http://www.theiling.de/schrift/00/char3/glyphs/tp/030/021/c8.gif http://www.theiling.de/schrift/00/char3/glyphs/tp/030/027/63.gif http://www.theiling.de/schrift/00/char3/glyphs/tp/030/022/05.gif http://www.theiling.de/schrift/00/char3/glyphs/tp/030/027/63.gif http://www.theiling.de/schrift/00/char3...

Upon further review, I think this: http://www.theiling.de/schrift/tokipona.html is far better than anything else I have seen or could come up with on my own. ?? http://www.theiling.de/schrift/00/char3/glyphs/tp/030/021/c8.gif http://www.theiling.de/schrift/00/char3/glyphs/tp/030/027/63.gif http://w...

jan Josan wrote:and now for the short and sweet version:

mi jo e sijelo wawa
sijelo sina li wile wan
toki sina li weka tan mi
li tawa sina li awen.

Truly marvelous. Thank you very much.

In this particular case, conveying the meaning is far more important than having it rhyme.

I was wondering how to translate this phrase:

"I'm rubber and you're glue,
whatever you say bounces off of me and sticks to you!"

Any and all help would be much appreciated.