Re: ahem anyway.. naughty words!
From: | Rik Roots <rikroots@...> |
Date: | Saturday, September 15, 2001, 19:54 |
> What counts as profanity in your conlangs? What words are naughty? What's the
> absolutely worst thing you could call someone? ;)
>
A common (and cutting) way to insult someone in Gevey is to repeat
their name in its inanimate status. All personal names use the animate
simple status, ending in -e. By changing the ending to -uu, the name
loses animacy and becomes very insulting.
It's difficult for me to explain status in Gevey in a couple of
sentences. There's a better explanation on my website, if anyone is
interested...
Rik
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