Re: Made some progress...

En réponse à Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...>:

>
> Okay, you convinced me. I won't call my duck "Maggel", and if I do it
> anyway,
> it will be pronounced [mAx@l]. BTW Did you know that the Dutch word
> "waggelen"
> is the way ducks walk?
Sounds pretty accurate (according to my mildly synaesthetic point of
view ;)))) ). In French the verb is "se dandiner", which may have an
onomatopoeic origin... Well, checked on the Online Hachette Encyclopedia, "se
dandiner" comes from Old French "dandin": bell. Obviously from the movement of
the bell. "Dandin" itself could be onomatopoeic though :)) .

> BTW I always find it funny to encounter the abbreviation LOL. The Dutch
> word
> "lol" means... fun, or pleasure!
>
See, the Dutch people are in advance with everything! What the English had to
express with an abbreviation the Dutch already had, identical, but as a
word! :)))

>
> > Do you want me to carry on or is it evil enough? ;)))))
>
> I think I am satisfied. The poor person who will have to translate
> your
> contribution to the next relay must definitely be liberated from the 48
> hours
> deadline, since he will probably need at least a week to get a clue what
> it is
> all about :)))
And then another week to get back to speaking, reading and writing
normally :))) . Maggel can be a traumatising experience you know :))) .

> I must admit I feel tempted...
>
Maggel as the forbidden fruit of conlanging... (thinking aloud :)) ) Hehe, I
like it :))) .

Christophe.

http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr

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