Re: Conlang name in spam subject? "burzeon staoch"

Staving Benct Philip Jonsson:
>Hi all!
>
>The other day  I got a spam with the subject line
>"burzeon staoch" I thought this would be an excellent
>name of a conlang, or a phrase for something in a
>conlang (presumably 'big c*ck', wrt the spam context.)
>
>Come to think of it it looks like Maghean,
>save for the _z_!
The pronunciation is [b3rzeOn sta:Ox], and it parses as
burz    Literally "fire", but in this context the name of the mythical
founder of the tribe
e       collective referring to people
on      possesive attribute

sta     god
och     associtive attribute

Hence "The sacred language of the Burze tribe". It is their ancient high
language, preserved in their liturgical chants, from which Brcea' selak
[br=SEa~ sElAk] (sel=all, "Common Bursha") is ultimately derived. Every
Bursha learns the sacred chants, but only the priestly caste, who jealously
guard the secrets of the old language, can fully understand them. They say
that Burzeon Staoch was the speech of the days when the gods walked among
men, and that since the gods departed, only those who they chose to be
their priests have the gift of understanding it. Anthropologists of course
consider this to be a myth instigated to perpetuate the power of the
hereditary priesthood.

I like microconlanging, don't you?

Pete

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