Re: Language Naming

On Thu, 21 Jan 1999 21:26:52 -0700 Adam Parrish <myth@...> writes:
>        (Actually, that's just the current story I use to justify the
>continued use of the word _doraya_ to identify the language -- a
>word which, though it seemed nice when I first started working on the
>language, is horribly incorrect under the current grammar. <g>)
>
>--
>Adam Parrish
That's exactly how i came up with my "lazy pronouncers" explanation of
_rokbeigalmki_! :)  The phonology book i read helped a lot with coming up
with logical-sounding BS, too :) .

Another example of Lazy Rokbeigalmki Name Pronounciation:
Okay....the Rokbeigalmki homeland that my current ElendorMush character,
Stiigiyus (Stygius on Elendor) comes from, has as it's official
Rokbeigalmki name _itahhal^osednun_.  However, the "Elvishafied" much
shorter name, _tol^osed_, became more popular.  (the ^ mean that the
accent in the word is on the middle -o-).  But, even *that* wasn't good
enough for the lazy bastards :) (a.k.a. me) , they shifted the accents on
the name to the *first* syllable, which is incredibly ungramatical in a
construct-compound, where it belongs either on the -o- or on the final
syllable of each word-part.
And that's how i explain the name Tolosed. :) , with the accent on the
first syllable.

Generally, people's names (as opposed to place names) don't have a
meaning, except sometimes when a verb-noun root gets stuck in a name.

-Stephen (Steg)

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