Re: écagne, and ConLand names in translation (was: RE: RV: Old English)

And Rosta wrote:

> 1. The ConLand Tsxunrcaa [t s^x u n ! a:] is known in Latin as
> _Scungria_. I have suggested that in traditional English it was _Scunger_,
> though these days it is known as _Scungria_, and in French it is _écongre_.
> But I can't recall my reasoning, and I now wonder whether _Scungry_ and
> _écongrie_ are likelier outcomes. What do you think?
Oh, we must have Scungry!  That would actually provide an answer (albeit
in another universe) to the annoying pseudo-riddle: "Three common words
end in -gry; two are 'hungry' and 'angry'; what is the third word?"
The riddle is unanswerable as posed because it has gotten garbled by
oral tradition.  (There are various obscure words ending in "-gry" as well.)

> 3. Livagia is [lyxaag(@)] in Livagian. Latin _Livagia_, traditional English
> _Lifay_, _(the) Lifays_, _the Lifay isles_ (pronounced /'laifi/, from
> Old English)
Sounds like the pronunciation reflects some contamination from the (originally)
Norse suffix "-ey", island, common in English place names.

> Translations of these names into other natlangs and conlangs would be
> delightedly received by me...
In Brithenig, they are Lleig and Yscyngr /Is'kiNgIr/, I think.

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