Re: Slaying the monster

En réponse à Joe <joe@...>:

>
> <g> - silent
> <d> - well...[d], obviously
"Obviously"? Remind me the definition of Maggelity please? ;)))))

> <h> - fricativises the following consonant, which loses the nasal and
> changes slightly, to produce [v]
The end result is correct, but the explanation is not ;))) .

> <m> - see above.
> <a> - is changed by <bg>
> <bg> -lifts and puts forward the previous vowel, possibly also
> lengthening
> it.
Nice idea, but sooo wrong :)) .

> <i> - well, <i> is often [I]
Hehe, nice trap is that one isn't it? :)))

> <s> - [z] on a final
>
If only it was so simple ;)))) .

> Well, that's my take on it
>
Anyway, I think you read the right answer by now :) .

> therefore, I'd guess a made up word:
>
> <gbhdobgas>
> would be pronounced:
> /bDI:az/
>
> I'm probably wrong, but it could be...
>
Well, according to the rules of Maggel's orthography, you'd be wrong, but since
less than half the words in Maggel obey those rules... ;))) And I like the word
you made, though to fit it a little better to the rules (since Maggel words are
rarely completely irregular, that wouldn't be fun ;))) ), I'd rather pronounce
it ['bGV:I.@z]. That's because |hd| is most often [G], and the use of preposed
|g| for length is quite regular.

But given the amount of irregularity of the orthography of Maggel, your
proposal would be possible too.

In fact, I like your word!!! :)) I'm gonna include it in the vocabulary of
Maggel. What meaning would you give it? ;))))

Christophe.

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