Re: OT: an axe to grind

--- Adam Walker <carrajena@...> wrote:

> --- Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> wrote:
>
> > Adam Walker scripsit:
> >
> > > I've been looking at possible roots for the word
> > > "axe", "adz" and "hatchet" in Carrajina. I've
> come
> > up
> > > with several possibilities.
> >
> > Is _Carrajina_ a typo, or have you changed the
> name
> > of the lang?
> >
> > You are lucky.  Meyer-Lübke has "Axt" in his
> > German-Romance
> > wordlist and gives several words for "axe":
>
> WHOA!  Tak så myket!  This is the second majorly
> helpful response I've gotten.  All those extra
> dialects to peruse!!!
>
> As for Carrajina/Carrajena, ti's been a thorn in my
> side for a couple of years.  the pronunciation is
> /ka.ra'Zi.na/ since all e's, whether /e/ (stressed)
> or
> /E/ (unstressed), moved to /i/ (stressed) or /I/
> (unstressed) a few years ago and got respelled.  The
> only "E" I didn't change was the one in the name of
> the language since it was already in my e-mail
> address.  I thought what-the-hey  Romanian kept a
> particular spelling just for its name why shouldn't
> I
> -- but I've never been happy with the choice.  The
> problem is a practical one.  If I change the name of
> the language now then my e-mail and web addresses
> will
> be wonkey.  Erg.  I may just try out the i-spelling
> for a while and see how I feel about the
> discongruence. -- Of course someone would notice,
> and
> ask, the first time I did it. ;-)
This is my problem as well. My email
erelion12@yahoo.com, is a rather odd one, considering
it from the silindion perspective. The name "Erelion"
means "Evening Star", a compound of "el-" (compounding
form meaning "evening" and "ol-" the root of "olos"
meaning "star". The -ion is a masculine name ending.
The only problem of course is that this would result
in "Erolion", which is the current form of the name.
But, I can't go about changing my email name now to
fit this change in the language. I've decided that it
comes from a more northern version of Silindion, where
the _o_ of "ol-" has become _e_ by assimilation.

 -Elliott


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