Re: Teoh's language

On Fri, Oct 06, 2000 at 10:08:17AM -0700, Sally Caves wrote:
> Wow, that was a lot of meat!  You should put up a
> webpage if you can.  What's the origin of your name?
> It sounds sooooo Teonaht.  Actually, it could also be
> an Anglo-Saxon word.
[snip]

LOL!! So I'm one of the Teonim eh? *waves a 6-fingered hand* ;-)

Actually, "Teoh" is a (mis)transliteration of my Chinese name. It's
pronounced /ti~O~/ in my mother tongue. Due to lack of English/phonetic
knowledge, my grandparents wrote it as "Teoh" for my father (which I
inherited), "Chang" for my uncle, and "Teng" for my cousin! :-) The
"Chang" comes from the Mandarin equivalent (jang1), don't ask where the
"Teng" comes from, I really don't know. It could be a misfired attempt to
indicate complete nasalization in the correct pronunciation...

[snip]
> For a month, this is a lot of work.  This isn't your first conlang,
> surely?
In fact, it is :-) Well, it's been more than a month... I said a few
months didn't I? (or did I mistype it?)

> > Hmm, already 200 lines and I haven't even talked about subordinate clauses
> > and adjoined sentences yet! Better save it for another post, I suppose.
> >
> > T
>
> Put up a website?
[snip]

Yeah I really should. In fact, I developed most of it in HTML format...
just that I'm struggling with a few major issues right now, and the info
on the pages aren't exactly accurate nor consistent with each other, as
some parts are outdated and some are up-to-date. But perhaps I should put
it up anyway, for comment. That might save me lots of typing :-)


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