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The silent tongue

  • FormRiddle
  • LanguageSlovenian

A riddle written for this journal, not fetched from a folk collection. It only works if you can see the portrait, and if you hear what Slovenian does with one word.

Imam venec, a nisem zmagovalec. Imam jezik, pa molčim. Kdo sem?

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The Roman in the LogoFil medallion. The wreath is laurel, not a victory you can spend. The tongue is out, and the portrait still cannot speak. The speaking is left to the journal. In Slovenian, jezik is both tongue and language, which is the whole joke.