The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-19
NEW BLUE LANGUAGE"
SUCCESSOR TO VOLAPUK.

may learn that the short words will
have at most three letters. that when they
have three letters the last one will be
vowel and the ''sonorousness of the vowels
contained in the different forms OF these
short words. will be sufficient by itself
to effectuate the classification of all these
words, as IT will be shown in the study
Of the four first parts Of speech" Then
again there are the "staffwords." II is
absolutely essential to know nine OF these
''staffwords"-nu. du. tun. ku. knu, SUI.
snu. tn and stu. They are described as the
'oral gestures" Of the language. They
are symbols of negation. OF affirmative IN
terrogation. Affirmative subordination.
negative reflective. affirmative reflective
and stu" means mascuiinity. So If you
want 10 say II do not love" so that a Ger
man. a Russian or a Spaniard can under
stand you. all you have TO do is to say
Me nu lovt;" do I lover" is ME du
lovi?'' do not love?" is Me thu iovi?''
THAT love-" is ecu me lovi" and so on.
The way TO get around idioms--which
Prof. Fischer calls ''idiotisms"--is ex-
planned at length as follows:
"Idioffsms-The English idotisms will
be expressed in b by a double transla-
ton:
'First-Express the idiotism by clearer
English words.
Second - Translate those new words
into b. Example: To give ones self airs
which means tie carry ones head too
high to be too proud will be expressed
In by that OF these two expressions
which will have already translated into
English one Of tho senses Of the idiotism.
to give ones self airs"
And there you are, clear as a quill. And
then you have 'margaretation" elucidat-
cd. characterization" the author explains
Is term derived from Marguerite" and
Marguerite" means daisy. and the APP
plicatfon Of the term to the Blue Language
scheme is thus elucidated:
Willing TO remind easily the practical
function OF INCARCERATION. one must call
to mind the play OF Stripping the Leaves
or the Daisy with Its monotonous burden:
Not at all. little, much passionateiy'
In other words, marraretation II a wav
OF expressing comparison. Most people
VIII not want to daily long with the mar
garefation daisies" simple Mr.. Boil
JACKS Ffscherized explanation shows them
to be, especially as II is especially pointed
out that you need not margaret unless
You want to. as II IL quite optional. and
won't help you along IN the language.
even " you do 1t, because the dictionaries
do II for you anyway.
A. the end OF the abridged grammar. VI.
boiiack gives thirty-nine reasons why the
Blue Language Is valuable and he fur
thernore outlines q code of signs ain
Imitation OF the Masonic signs" by which
people who can talk Blue NAV let the
tact DO known TO one another Prof.
Fischer gives the translation OF M. Boil
lacks directions:
In order TO enable every one using
"B" to make himself rapidly known by
all the author OF the Blue language in
Imitation Of the Free Masonic signs. in
dicates the two following means Of ac-
acknowledgements:
ITO the persons being far from one an
other:
Correspondents draw after the sigma
tnre the sign Cx) "a cross within a cir
ciep. which reminds, through it's shane
the Margaret, one Of the new rules OF n.
ITO the persons being present 10 each
other:
Make the following gesture: Carry the
forennger and the middle finger OF the
right hand. the other fingers being closed.
to the cheek; put these two fingers upon
the cheek under the ear; that will mean
understand two ianguases--mine and the
international language. the Blue Lam
suage; the second for ALL dovem pro
tie"