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Re: Conlang in-jokes.

From:Michael Potter <mhpotter@...>
Date:Friday, August 26, 2005, 1:17
Andreas Johansson wrote:
> Some days ago, I built a little joke into Meghean which I thought pretty neat; > the word _patha_ "disembodied spirit" becomes in the definite accusative > plural _phanto_, which of course has a more than accidental similarity to > "phantom". > > (The plural formation by infix is somewhat irregular; you'd expect **_phathano_. > The same pattern is seen in _guthu_ "death", pl _gunt_.) > > Anyone else have something similar to share? > > Andreas >
In "honor" of my least favorite acronym, the Suvile word for "stupid" is _lol_. -- Michael Potter Idzon Conworld: http://www.potterpcs.net/idzon

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