Re: Pronunciations.
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, June 20, 2002, 16:39 |
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On Thu, 20 Jun 2002 16:20:04 +0200 BP Jonsson <bpj@...> writes:
> At 00:02 2002-06-20 +0100, Michael Poxon wrote:
> >The place is actually spelt Featherstonehaugh (1 word) and
> pronounced
> >/f&nSO/. Anyone called Fanshaw is immediately marked as a toff.
> >Mike
> I have always found this phenomenon with the orthography and
> orthoepy of
> names being out of synch with each other very amusing. Does it
> occur as
> often in other languages as in (British) English? Does it occur in
> anybodys Conlangs? It seems to me one could make a game out of it!
> /BP 8^)>
> --
> B.Philip Jonsson mailto:melrochX@melroch.net (delete X)
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Well, the official name of the 'present' homeland of the Rokbeigalm (in
ElendorMUSH time) is |Itahhalôsednun| (that's an O-circumflex), which is
somewhat archaic Rokbeigalmki for what would naturally develop into
|^Itãl^Sednún| (w/ A-tilde and U-acute). The name means "Island of
Peace". However, everyone just calls the place |Tólosed| (w/ O-acute),
which is a shortening and Elvishification based on the similarity between
the native Rokbeigalmki words |itãl| and |sednu| with the Proto-Elven
roots for the same concepts TOL and SED.
-Stephen (Steg)
"you will still see / how much better it'll be / next year."