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Re: USAGE: (Mis)Naming a Language

From:Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...>
Date:Thursday, October 28, 2004, 19:24
Andreas Johansson wrote:

> Quoting Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...>: > > >>My conlang Sohlob was originally _Sahrab_, but then I discovered >>that this is a Pakistani surname, so lest I offend some Mr/Ms >>Sahrab I changed the name to _Sahlab_, only to discover that this >>is a (modern) Egyptian drink of some kind(*), so I changed it >>again to _Sohlob_, this time Googling to make sure it didn't exist. >>Somehow the Egyptian association stuck though, for the conculture >>and the land where it is located bears som similarity to ancient >>Egypt. >> >>(* I also had troubles keeping apart the lang's /r_0/ and /S/ in >>my own pronunciation, so I changed all instances of /r_0/ to /K/ >>which is a cooler sound overall. Later I changed /S/ to /s\/ -- >>a much more distinctive sound -- and resurrected the /r_0/ ~ /K/ >>distinction in a dialect of the language, which has three dialects, >>a fourth in the works and a sister language planned.) > > > Nevertheless, the thing the name always make me think of is Shelob. No offense > to arachnophobe sohlobophones!
How can you possibly confuse [sQ'KQb_0] and ['Si:lQb]? /BP 8^) -- Benct Philip Jonsson -- melroch at melroch dot se Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant! (Tacitus)

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