THE FLONG OF SAN SERRIFFE.

April 1, 2003 by languagehat 6 Comments

I have tried the bitter-sweet swarfega and celebrated the Sonorous Enigma, but I have not been able (despite much effort) to find any information about the language of the Flong. If anyone out there can help, it will be much appreciated.

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Lurker says

April 1, 2003 at 9:13 pm

delurking (again!)…

http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/af_1977.html

But you probably already knew that!

P.S. As an Aussie, I liked the bit about them beating England at Football.
language hat says

April 1, 2003 at 10:01 pm

Oi, Lurker, don’t spoil the fun for the punters! Nobody read his comment, you hear me? Don’t read it! Look away now!
Lars (the original one) says

November 13, 2018 at 3:20 am

I should really wait 139 days to post this, but here goes: Now at http://hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/san_serriffe
David Marjanović says

November 13, 2018 at 7:54 pm

Phosphate and oil? Clearly, that must be a hoax…!
Lars (the original one) says

November 14, 2018 at 4:34 am

Serendipity.

(Also an island word).
January First-of-May says

November 14, 2018 at 6:16 pm

Well, I’m sure someone has done research on the greatest word in Classical Chinese; and people looking for the greatest word in Mandarin would probably be drawn towards the Classical Chinese part of the vocabulary anyway.

(Though I think there was something on this topic at Language Log… actually, how did LL cover this comic? It sounds like something right up their alley.)

[They didn’t, apparently – not yet, anyway.]

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