Re: Idioms & Phrases

--- Arthaey Angosii <arthaey@...> wrote:
> Do all natlangs have idioms? Slang? I was grumbling
> to myself that I still
> had to invent both categories for Asha'ille, but
> "ty ne kleinen shadovair" which is shortened in
> common speech to "tikleisha." It's more or less the
> equivalent of the phrase "great minds
> think alike" but shortened to something like
> "gremithia" instead of GMTA.
> Anyone
> know of another language (con or nat) that does this
> sort of thing?
You mean besides English? :) What you seem to be
describing isn't a whole lot dissimilar to English
contractions or compacted phrases [whachamacallit =
what do you call it; willynilly = will he nill he,
though I bet most Mod. Eng. speakers aren't aware of
the verb "nill"!]. If Asha'ille speakers are aware of
the difference between the long and shortened forms,
that would be one form of A. slang! So, it looks like
you've already invented it without even realising it!

> Arthaey
Padraic.


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caycay sahomtan-he: tacati-ma; palemtar sharas-to-he // ai ica zeter, oud da
horistanter ‘l via su; sue ica wakoner ‘l via, oud da horisanter ‘l thaon //
ptossum ozrcîr mpîw : tcan-i-hatlecîr vlesruma hhtoccrc-hopt
tplann-i-s-oettrîm ruu mpîw //
pandreynaayso | wakuneinesi rou-eim tiogpan sacanana rûlalaytawsan || mas | antehon rououro
waukun!

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