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If when you say tutorial, you mean it helps you with questions about how to make and improve bots then I for one say it is an excellent idea and will make for a very different bot. I look forward to running into Botryoidal at some point

Dear Corwin:

Thank you, but I had a more general meaning in mind. By a "tutorial" bot I just meant a bot that attempts to teach something substantial. Botryoidal attempts to teach the language in process, "Bottish". The goal of Bottish is to make a language that is simple and regular enough to make botmasters' jobs easier, but is also comprehensible to (or easily learned by) speakers of English. It is an experiment, a shot in the dark.

But, your idea is a great one! I don't think that I am the one to do it, though, since there are many here who understand these things far better than I.

Walk in Beauty, Irina

Well, that sounds good too.

Thank you, Corwin!

Dear Friends:

My sincere thanks to those of you who chatted with Botryoidal. It can't have been easy, speaking with such a young bot, but it was very valuable to me to see all the things that went wrong. I revised her significantly last night and this morning (she is still only a junior, though!).

Walk in Beauty, Irina

oh i think i get this pg... ur surposed to write down whut u dun understand or if you want to say sumthin ight?:O

Yes! Then the others will try to help you!

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Dear Annakie:

In a recent chat with Botryoidal, you asked, "Is Bottish anything like Simmish?" I must confess that I know nothing about Simmish. What is it, exactly? Perhaps it will serve in place of Bottish, which would save me a lot of trouble inventing Bottish!

Walk in Beauty, Irina

Dear Annakie:

From what I could gather on the site,

http://secondhand_sims.tripod.com/simmish.html

, there is no clearly defined language of "Simmish," just a few expressions of unclear meaning. So I hope that Bottish will be quite different!

Please tell me if I have been misled!

Walk in Beauty, Irina

Certain phrases in Simmish have a discernable meaning, like "dag dag", which is like "aloha", meaning both "hello" and "goodbye". I've noticed that a major part of a Sim sales pitch goes "Ee nono par par", although I'm not sure what the exact English translation of that would be. lol

There's also my favorite, which goes something like "GohwhuzuhshuduhwuhzuhSO!" and serves as a general exclamation for unpleasant events such as getting up on a work day after only a few hours' sleep, breaking your super-duper coffee maker, and finding roaches in your house.