>From: James Campbell <james@...>
>Reply-To: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...>
>To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
>Subject: Re: Arthropoda
>Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 07:41:04 +0100
>
>Herman Miller eskrïremä:
>
> > The Chispa word for "insect" is "kwich'ik", from the root "kwich'",
>which
> > most frequently refers to grasshoppers, crickets, and related insects.
>You
> > wouldn't expect "kwich'tip" (insect soup) to contain wasps or
>butterflies,
> > for instance.
>8<
> > But there isn't a Chispa word for "spider", so perhaps it should be
> > included in the overall "kwich'ik" category.
>
>Blessed Jorthel, I hope not Herman. Spiders in "kwich'tip"? Aieee...
>
>Cultural note: for the Jamelt~ses, "creepy-crawlies" are something of a
>taboo, generally not to be touched, although they are not feared. If you
>want to say something bad about someone, you could say that they eat
>spiders. That paints a picture of a fairly unpleasant person. Certainly not
>someone you'd kiss :) But the ultimate would be to say that they eat *dead*
>spiders, since dead creepy-crawlies are even more taboo. So, to say,
>concerning critics of conlanging for instance, "Mesttëm araghines" ["They
>can go and eat spiders"] indicates that you don't care what they do, you're
>not taking any notice, and that you have a low opinion of them.
>
>I don't think grasshoppers really count as creepy-crawlies though, do they?
>Now I think about it, it's a term that does exclude certain arthropods on
>the grounds of not being creepy enough.
>
>
>Jim Grossmann eskrïremä:
>
> > Well, from Plautdietsch, I borrowed this word for "bug" ...
> >
> > - en Kjniepa.
> >
> > ... to make the Goesk word ...
> >
> > de niepe
> >
> > I just corrupted the word willy-nilly.
> >
> > I seem to recall your writing that Jameld is Germanic. For my own
>Germanic
> > project, Goesk, I've been borrowing some words from Plautdietsch (Low
> > German) with the help of the dictionary at this site.
> >
> >
http://www.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/dictcgi
>
>Thanks for the link, I'll go and have a look. Have you described Goesk here
>yet?
>
>Thanks too to all those who've been commenting on the "creepy-crawly" topic
>so far. I was hoping that Irina or Boudewijn might shed some light on the
>Dutch terms, since that has some bearing on my choice for Jameld. I have a
>local friend, however, who I can ask about German usage.
>
>James
>
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