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Re: Slaying the monster

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Friday, August 2, 2002, 17:52
En réponse à Christopher Wright <faceloran@...>:

> > Then hm = [v]. >
Indeed!
> >Two right, like Clint, although I should maybe make it one and a half > since one > >of your correct propositions is among a choice between two :)) . > > One of those has to be for hm. Therefore, d /= [d]. Instead, I'll say > that gd = [d]. (Before, I called it gdh = [d]. But that would be a > trick.) >
wrong choice :))) . As for Clint, it was |hm| which was part of a choice. The other right one was not part of a possible choice but a definite proposition from him. It was the proposition |a|=[E].
> > Final s = [z] >
Nope. Your wrong hypothesis was that |a| couldn't be [E]. Well it is! :))
> > Cryptic.
Meant to be :)) . Does that mean that the initial g lengthens the next vowel?
> I'll > go with that. Then d = [d]. >
Indeed! You understood everything.
> As for the latter half of the word, it's more difficult. You didn't > comment as much on it. >
I wanted to leave some fun :))) .
> Well, |abgis|, according to what I seem to have worked out, is [EIz].
True enough.
> Word-final |s| is [z], I'll say. Then |gi| for [I] and |ab| for [E]? >
Ouch!
> Therefore: > |g| [:] > |d| [d] > |hm| [v] (Clint's first correct bit; H.S. Teoh's first correct bit) > |ab| [E] > |gi| [I] > |s| [z] (Clint's second correct bit, though he said Z; H.S. Teoh's > second correct bit) > > |d| can't be [d], but I'll see how I score on this. >
It could be, indeed it was :)) . But you probably already read my more complete answer, so I don't need to repeat myself :)) .
> There's a game called Mastermind from which I learned logic of this > sort. > It seems not to be working well, though. >
Indeed not. But I won't blame you. The whole point of the orthography of Maggel is to prevent logic to work, even when the word is regularly written :))) .
> >|ht| is [C] and [hd] (like |hj|) is [G]!!! > > Remember, multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of a diseased > mind!!! >
I know!!!!!!!!!!!! And I never pretended to be sane!!!!!!! ;))))) Christophe. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr Take your life as a movie: do not let anybody else play the leading role.