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Re: maggelity and Etabnannery

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Tuesday, January 28, 2003, 9:11
En réponse à Arthaey Angosii <arthaey@...>:

> Vek'"Langmaker2 list" kek emaelivpar Padraic Brown: > >there is a word, maggelity, that > >means something like "fearsome and terrifying > >irregularity allowed to run rampant within a > >conlang, such that regularity is in fact an > >irregular feature of the language". > > Beautiful definition, Padraic!
Indeed!!! :)) I felt it should be shared with the
> Conlang > community, where there may be more appreciation for the nuances in the > definion of maggelity. :) >
Hehe, as I see it the term is now known in other lists too! (and not only off- springs of Conlang!) I love that! Let's make the use of the word spread as much as possible, until it finds a well-deserved place in the dictionary ;)))) . Christophe. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr Take your life as a movie: do not let anybody else play the leading role.

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