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echo: os2
to: Holger Granholm
from: Jonathan de Boyne Pollard
date: 1999-12-02 18:27:24
subject: HPFS Filenames to Windows

 RV>> N' = (nou = we
 RV>> a         = future indicator (shall)
 RV>> pale      = speak
 RV>> pi        = more
 RV>> ta        = late

 RV>>    [nah pal-AY pee tah]

 HG> And what language is that?  Miamish?

It looks like French spelled phonetically and slightly mangled.

"Nous allons parler plus tard"

Given that, my guess is that it's some form of creole.

 ¯ JdeBP ®

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