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Re: disfluencies (was Re: English syllable structure)

From:Dan Sulani <dnsulani@...>
Date:Friday, December 14, 2001, 7:36
On 13 Dec, nicole dobrowolski wrote:

> obconlang: does anyone have conlang equivilents to hesitation space > fillers like 'uh' or 'um'?
In rtemmu, one would say: "auzuv", a combination of the Imperative prefix "au-" and the rate-of-change marker "zuv" for objectively observed change at a rate too slow to notice. The general idea is something like: "Put the world on hold!" Dan Sulani ------------------------------ likehsna rtem zuv tikuhnuh auag inuvuz vaka'a. A word is an awesome thing.