Re: CHAT: t-shirt

Lars Henrik Mathiesen wrote:

> > At 1:23 am +0200 26/9/00, Kristian Jensen wrote:
> > [....]
> > >This could also work:
> > >
> > >     Invent a language!
> >
> > Never having designed a T-shirt, I don't know how much of a problem this
> > might be.  I guess if Nicole gets the different versions of the full
form,
> > it's easy enough to truncate if there is a problem.
>
> I would also suggest that people should be allowed to leave out the
> first part if their lexicon is not up to the task --- extinction is
> perhaps not the first word you sit down to invent, although death can
> be substituted as some people have already suggested --- and fight is
> used in a slightly non-literal sense, no swords and guts involved.
After considerable effort I've produced something that is, I think,
satisfactory (albeit extremely clumsy). A thorough semantic analysis is
provided to enable review. See below:



Fontwc cykkynt preget* rent ga*nyeqdrys -

  Substitute: 't with downturned semicircle under it' in place of 'nt'
              'pi-shaped letter' in place of 't*'
              'lambda-shaped letter' in place of 'a*'
  Pronounce:  /fOntuS Syxynt rent ganye:Rdris of pregeT/
  Means:      We must swordfight language deaths -

fontwc mwl preget*drys.

  Substitute: as above
  Pronounce:  /fOntuS mul pregeTdris/
  Means:      we must create language(s).

Fontwc cykkynt preget* rent ga*nyeqdrys - fontwc mwl preget*drys.

fontwc  = imperative with plural inclusive 'we' as the subject.
cykkynt = swordfight (no particular reason why it might not be used
          metaphorically), lit. 'to use sword for intended purpose'.
preget* = language, lit. 'system for speaking'.
rent    = a feminine definite plural article. Here I am exploiting a
          feature whereby a feminine abstract noun derived from a
          verb refers to the _conclusion_ of that verb, hence this
          refers to the _conclusion_ of language death, i.e.
          extinction.
ga*nyeqdrys = to bring about the negation of life.
mwl     = verb modifier implying that something is necessary to
          achieve a goal as opposed to being a command given on a
          whim.
preget*drys = to bring about language.

In the written language, an imperative always specifies a subject.
I suppose in the spoken language one might remove the 'fontwc's.

Possession is indicated by two noun phrases in a row; in this case
'preget*' owns 'rent ga*nyeqdrys'.

The suffix 'drys' is not very specific. It just means, "to bring
about the existence, emergence or realisation of". Therefore
'preget*drys' technically covers natural, unintentional production
of new languages as well as creative conlanging.



Name of language: Gza*rondin (full title: Ryn Gza*rondin Preget*)

  Substitute: 'lambda-shaped latter' in place of 'a*'
              'd with downturned semicircle under it' in place of 'nd'

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