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Re: Sally back, and conlang survey part 1 and 2

From:Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
Date:Tuesday, December 10, 2002, 13:17
Christophe Grandsire wrote:
>A few words in Maggel as appetizers ;)) : >- |oun| ['a~O~n]: man >- |ragft| ['r\a~N]: woman >- |hluoifais| ['Lu:v&z]: presents (it's a feminine word, and the base form >of >feminine words is plural. More about it below ;))) )
I take this that |ragft| "woman" is non-feminine? Or is it a irregular feminine with the singular as the basic form?
>Last note: |maggel| is pronounced [m@'gE:l] ;))) .
A Frenchperson* speaking poor Swedish just might produce something quite similar when trying to pronounce _mögel_ ['m2:gEl] "mould" (the kind that grows on French cheese). * Steve Mirsky recently suggested that the ethnonym "Turkmens" be replaced by "Turkpersons" on gender equality grounds. I see no reason we shouldn't grant the same courtesy to the French people. In prusuit of the same noble goal, China's official language will henceforth be refered to as "Persondarin". (And yes, Mirsky was joking.) Andreas _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus

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