Neologistics
| From: | Yahya Abdal-Aziz <yahya@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, September 11, 2006, 8:50 |
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Neologistics
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This is about ways and means of generating new words.
Here's one: make a long string of letters by connecting words, either by their last
few letters or even by a shared word that occurs in two compound words. Then
chop into (roughly) pronounceable fragments. The sounds of the results will
approximate those of the source language or languages.
Example:
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(Invented on 16 May 2006, but I have only just now got around to documenting it.)
...eyebrowaiflabackwardrobestabloomedecinnamonkeystonewalleyebrow...
- which itself makes a rather intriguing poem!
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[OT: This particular construction is a "circular word", which repeats the same
string endlessly. It's also closely related to the "looping word":
...eyebrowaiflabackwardrobestabloomedecinnamonkeystonewalleyelashadowageriaratrickeryeasting ...
which contains the loop:
...eyebrowaiflabackwardrobestabloomedecinnamonkeystonewalleye...
More complex word knots are also possible, but that's another top(olog)ic!]
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Some chunks of our circular word are:
yebro, rowai, ifla, labac, ackwar, ardro, obes, besta, establo, ome, omede, omedec,
omedecic, edec, edeci, edecin, decin,cinna, namo, amon, amonke, onke, nke,
nkey, eysto, yston, stonewa, tonewa, onewa, newa, newal, ewalle, ewalleye,
alleye, alleyeb, leyeb, leyebro, eyebro
One would then choose, from among these new words, only those that match the kind
of sound one wants; eg, all words ending in vowels; or in consonants; with or
without consonant clusters; or containing only three consonants; or only four
consonants; etc. Then repeat the process at will to generate further candidate
fragments.
PS. A marketing friend of mine has a new jingle for Easter next year (yep, they
have to get in early):
"Super Colgate Fragrant Easter Eggs Beat Halitosis!"
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Yahya Abdal-Aziz
Wheelers Hill
11 September 2006
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