The Mouse (Alice in Wonderland)

Here's a paragraph from Chapter Three of Alice in Wonderland, concerning the Caucus Race. I will read the transliteration as you follow along the written text in Tapissed symbols. It may sound like nonsense at first, but the choice of vocabulary, use of suffixes, and interchangeable parts of speech, all contribute to defining which coordinate in a cycle the phrase falls. The first line of the text begins reading from left to right, then alternates direction on the next line down, and so it continues snaking its path to the end of the paragraph.

English version: At last the Mouse, who seemed to be a person of some authority among them, called out "Sit down, all of you, and listen to me! I'll soon make you dry enough!" They all sat down at once, in a large ring, with the Mouse in the middle. Alice kept her eyes anxiously fixed on it, for she felt sure she would catch a bad cold if she did not get dry very soon.

Transliteration: At last the mouse On, who seemed to be a person of some authority among them, called out, "Yourn sitting down takes this, all of you, and yourn listening heeds me! My act soon will cause you dry enough!" All of their sitting downs settled at once, in a large ring, with the mouse in the middle. Alice's keepance stayed her eyes anxiously fixed on it, for she felt sure she would bad coldate a catch if she didn't get dry very soon.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• invented
• language
• stories
• alice
• in
• wonderland
• hieroglyphs

[DeusInferorum]

Hey Mr. Tapissary! It was very pleasant to finally hear your voice. I'm always struck by the aesthetic qualities of your hieroglyphs... it's beautiful. Keep up the great work!

--Mr. Orgom Silawa ;)

[tapissary]

Thank you. It's a great surprise finding you here. I enjoyed watching your films about machinery. They are elegant works of applied energy. And Orgom Silawa... are you planning to make a film about your language?

[sdjaar]

It would be cool to hear you speack this langage :)

[tapissary]

hi sdjaar. There are several short texts in Tapissary being read on my website. I tried to post the address here, but my messages seem to be refused. I just made a short new film with a portion of a poem I wrote about a year ago. It's read out loud. Type "short poem in tapissary" into the search window to find it. And thanks for your comment!

[ConlangFan]

Wow, how does the alphabet work? :]

[DeusInferorum]

You know, that's not a bad idea... you may have inspired me!