From: | Gary Shannon <fiziwig@...> |
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Date: | Tuesday, December 23, 2003, 16:16 |
--- Javier BF <uaxuctum@...> wrote: <snip>> I'd say it is similar to English quite common > practice > (especially in slang and colloquial speech) of > reducing > words to their first syllable, as in "constructed > language" -> "conlang". > > Cheers, > JavierThis could form the basis of a cant conlang as in ACronyms No One Knows (ACNOK) for people on the COnlag MAiling LIst (COMALI) and other members of the DEranged LIguistic BROtherhood (DELIBRO)
Jonathan Beagley <jbeagley@...> |