Useful Phrases In Useless Languages
For Go players who anticipate meeting fictional characters or other players who don't share a language, it can be useful to know how to ask for a game. Here are the most idiomatic (by consensus of SL patrons) phrases in various useless languages for:
- asking someone for a game of Go
- a likely response to accept a game
- a likely response to decline a game
- sportsman-like wishes to begin play
- resignation
- thanking the opponent after the game
Please help fill in the blanks and correct errors (or discuss below).
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English
English
Asking:
"Would you like a game?"
Accept:
"Yes"
Decline:
"No thanks"
Begin:
"Enjoy";
"Have a good game"
Resign:
"I resign"
Thanks:
"Thanks for the game"
International languages
Esperanto
Asking:
"" ("")
Accept:
"" ("")
Decline:
"" ("")
Begin:
"" ("")
Resign:
"" ("")
Thanks:
"" ("")
Fictional languages
Klingon
Asking:
"" ("")
Accept:
"" ("")
Decline:
"" ("")
Begin:
"" ("")
Resign:
"" ("")
Thanks:
"" ("")
Quenya
Asking:
"" ("")
Accept:
"" ("")
Decline:
"" ("")
Begin:
"" ("")
Resign:
"" ("")
Thanks:
"" ("")
Sindarin
Asking:
"" ("")
Accept:
"" ("")
Decline:
"" ("")
Begin:
"" ("")
Resign:
"" ("")
Thanks:
"" ("")
Westron
Asking:
"" ("")
Accept:
"" ("")
Decline:
"" ("")
Begin:
"" ("")
Resign:
"" ("")
Thanks:
"" ("")
Baronh
Asking:
"" ("")
Accept:
"" ("")
Decline:
"" ("")
Begin:
"" ("")
Resign:
"" ("")
Thanks:
"" ("")