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Re: Survey (a new one!)

From:Sally Caves <scaves@...>
Date:Sunday, October 4, 1998, 1:48
On Fri, 2 Oct 1998, Herman Miller wrote:

> On Wed, 30 Sep 1998 21:19:02 -0700, Matt Pearson <mpearson@...> wrote: > > >In "A Secret Vice", Tolkien remarked that the > >correspondence "vru" = "ever" had crept its way > >into every one of his languages, and I find the same > >thing happening with mine. For example, in each of > >my major conlang projects, the word for "in" or > >"inside" has consisted of a fricative followed by > >/i/ or a diphthong containing /i/: > > > > Messyen: thui > > Tadheka: zui > > Kosan: hi > > Tokana: hi, fi (earlier versions) > > Tokana: him (most recent version) > > > >Do other people find the same sort of thing happening > >in their conlangs?
If I ever had more than one conlang, I could tell ya. But I can't. If I start on those dialects, I'll let you know. What a completely cool phenomenon to discover in your glossopoeia. I envy you. Sally ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sally Caves scaves@frontiernet.net http://www.frontiernet.net/~scaves/teonaht.html Mr. Book: "Shut it down!" _Dark City_ Christof: "Cue the sun!" _The Truman Show_ Tehwo tsema brondi laz obil hea nomai pendo "Summer like a white sword hangs over the land." ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++