Re: OT: semi-OT: names

En réponse à Aquamarine Demon <aquamarine_demon@...>:

>
> Cool... what's the "|" in |Sela for?
>
Well, Moten is written with the Roman alphabet with the addition of four
letters all beginning with a vertical bar (like a "t" without the horizontal
bar). Using the pipe is a way to render them in electronic media. Those four
letters are |s, |z (representing the affricates /t_s/ and /d_z/), |n and |l
(representing the palatals - or palatalised, since this language doesn't make a
difference between them - /n_j/ and /l_j/).

>
> Nifty... I *think* my last name translates to a French first name, but
> what THAT name means, I have no idea. So, I can't really translate
> that
> literally yet.
>
What is your last name? I can try to tell you if it means something in
French :) .

>
> Ah. Why firebird, may I ask?
>
Personal fixation :))) . I've always found the phoenix to be an interesting
mythical creature. And like it I always come back from my ashes, meaning that
you can hurt me as much as you want, I'll always survive :)) .

>
> Wow... don't think I could handle that many names... but it is very
> interesting...
>
Well, it's only four, so it's not that much. American people with first name,
middle name and last name are only one less than that :)) . Ans since the
samsigoj is never actually used to call someone, names in Moten are in fact
just made of three meaningful parts.

Christophe.

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