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Re: word choice process (was: Announcement Follow-up)

From:Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...>
Date:Sunday, August 5, 2001, 19:17
On Sun, 5 Aug 2001, Henrik Theiling wrote:

> Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...> writes: > > > ihmin < fi. ihminen -- human being > > > > > (fi = Fijian? meep?) What natlangs do you tend to borrow from--is there > > any system or do you borrow as it suits your fancy? :-) > > Ah, no, Finnish. The natlangs I borrowed from where diverse. Usually > the ones I examined at the time of conlanging. :-)
Oh, duh. Why is it that I think of something way more conlanguistically obscure? :-p (At least, many listmembers seem quite taken with Finnish. I really need to pick up a book or tape or something.)
> Naneun saenggakhanda. Koro naneun chonjaehanda. :-))) > (or something like that at least. :-)
I think therefore I am? I confess I don't recognize "chonjaehanda." <Squirm>
> > jenar [dZena*] = shortsword, dagger > ... > > vaezenar (veISena*] = from vaes jenar or "blood blade"; a sword of > > execution, > > specifically referred to that carried by magistrates > > You do role play, don't you! :-)))) Nice family of words.
Yes--actually, Czevraqis is ongoingly used in a fantasy novel I've been working on, but the world *did* start out as a private roleplaying world between me and my sister. (I mutated it drastically.)
> > These early inventions are sort of contrived, but what the heck, I like > > irregularities. :-) > > Yeah, that's why I will not make a reformation of Fukhian. The > remaining irregularities are a feature now.
:-) YHL

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