Re: Gray/Grey, conscripts, 'conlang', etc.

Muke Tever wrote:
> Haw :)
Well, I'd thought that I'd have to do it as two clauses before I figured
it out.

> Argh, those are the old word separators (which, ah, don't actually get
> separated).  -tas is past, -ca is accusative.
Ah, interesting.

> "ðuhancaððy disuiddensy ruktanterellatasty upsallasahai."
>
> The {ðy}, {ty}, {sy}, etc. were used to mark the end of word units [?]
> before spaces were invented.  [This all gets unhinged later when the
> mennteras start pronouncing them.]
So, those are silent, then?  So if you dropped those word separators, am
I correct in assuming it would be:
ðuhanca disuidden ruktanterellatas upsallasahai?  Is there any
particular reason, other than tradition, that the word-seperators are
kept when spaces are used?  Who are the mennteras?

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