Re: Survey (a new one!)

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

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