Re: new Unnamed Conlang

--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, "J. 'Mach' Wust" <j_mach_wust@Y...> wrote:

> The first time I became conscious that interjections depend on
language was
> when I realized that in Germany, [i:] is an interjection of disgust,
but of
> amazement in Switzerland (we'd express disgust with [v\&_o:]).
Ils sont fous, les Bernois.  ;-)

I know [i:] only in the role as a disgust indicator.  It
sounds really strange applied to amazement, which would
be expressed as [uj], [wA:], ['hu@r@ 'si@X ej] or so
around here.

For disgust, there's of course also [i'git], [v&:],
[v&:kX], ['&:kXi,pfudi,gaks] and the likes.



> Have people come up with special interjections for their conlangs?
Jovian ones are rather standard so far:

Oe [Aj]: Raising attention
Ac [ax], o [o:], oh [A]: Multipurpose emotional.
We [ve:]: Despair, anguish


-- Christian Thalmann

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