The Astonishment of Words: An Experiment in the Comparison of LanguagesOne, two! one, two! And through and throughThe vorpal blade went snicker snack! He left it dead, and with its headHe went galumphing back. Un deux, un deux, par le milieu, Le glaive vorpal fait pat pan! La bte dfaite, avec sa tte, Il rentre gallomphant. Eins, Zwei! Eins, Zwei! Und durch und durchSeins vorpals Schwert zerschniferschnck. Da blieb es todt! Er, Kopf in Hand, Gelumfig zog zurck! The late Victor Proetz was by vocation a visual artist who