Re: Avoiding near-collisions in vocabulary coinage
| From: | Lars Finsen <lars.finsen@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, August 5, 2008, 8:29 |
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Den 4. aug. 2008 kl. 22.58 skreiv Jim Henry:
> I should clarify; I meant, not avoiding new words in one's conlang
> that sound too similar to existing natlang words, but avoiding words
> that are too similar to words already in the same conlang.
My only method for this is usage. If ever I encounter two words that
are too confusingly similar, I drop one of them and search for a
replacement. I believe this is the way natlangs work, too. Quite a
few similarities are in fact allowed, but if they result in too much
confusion, replacements are sought.
LEF
...back from vacation now, ready for some serious work/conlanging...
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