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
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likehsna rtem zuv tikuhnuh auag inuvuz vaka'a.
A word is an awesome thing.