A weird answer (was: a weird question...)
| From: | Christophe Grandsire <grandsir@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, September 16, 1999, 7:15 |
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Danny Wier wrote:
>
> Hey, has this happened to anybody?
>
> I made up words for a theoretical conlang (just making up words at random),
> and came up with this once:
>
> I invented the word _kanzi_ for 'girl, young woman, maiden' -- and it turns
> out the word for 'unmarried woman' in Malayalam is _kan"n"i_ (n" = alveolar
> n). Also, I came up with the expletive _chort_ "bloody hell, etc.", which
> happens to be the Russian word for 'devil'. I also came up with _kane_
> 'dog' (compare Italian _cane_), but I think I was influenced on that one
> somewheres...
>
> This is just a few instances of some conincidences. What would be a good
> word for this phenomenon?
>
Maybe an interference of the collective conscience of humanity :), or a
manifestation of a psychic power of yours :). No, "deja verb" is already
a very good name for that phenomenon :). Are you sure you didn't know
those words (except for 'cane') before ? Because in that case it would
be simply an inconscious influence. If not, maybe you're psychic gifted
:) .
> Danny
>
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