Re: disfluencies (was Re: English syllable structure)

In a message dated 13.12.2001 11:38:17 PM, dnsulani@ZAHAV.NET.IL writes:

>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!"
>
    Niceness. ::tip o' dhe hat to Dan 'n' his conlang rtemmu::  Kinda sorta
similar to my idea of using modified musical/techno-scientific terms &
onomatopoeiac lexemes for TMA (Tense/Mood/Aspect) marker/words in Lego.
    But - on topic - I have yet to create a hestitation-interjection or
hesitation space filler for Lego (I thought of usin' _o(h)m_ [Greek omega,
orthographically] for that, but _o(h)m_ is already useful as a (complex)
sentence final-marker).  ::wicked grinnage:: Maybe Yoon's infamous _meep_ or
, better yet - more in line with Lego sensibilities/aesthetics, _blip_ (as in
the phrase "a blip in the continuum") o_0?

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