MorphemeAddict@WMCONNECT.COM wrote:
> In a message dated 11/10/2007 3:17:47 AM Central Standard Time,
> ray@CAROLANDRAY.PLUS.COM writes:
[snip]
>>Why not? At least _français+ or _France_ are French. Why is it the
>>_English_ form that is borrowed? Or is any natlang form? Could France,
>>e.g. be "mo{Francia}sa", "mo{Frankreich}sa", "ma{Gallia}sa" etc.?
>>
>
> The form of the name is unimportant precisely because it can be anything,
> including all that you mentioned. I don't have a reasonable way to decide what
> the name should be in Saweli other than to choose ease for my own use. That
> means English. I could use the native for all the countries, but I only have a
> couple of countries named so far, and what about multi-language areas, such as
> Africa?
Or Wales or Belgium.
> No, for now I will use English. At least this way I'm reminded by the
> English that I don't have a real equivalent for such words yet.
I think I see. So the name between the braces is a sort of
'place-holder' and one can use the name as it occurs in one's own L1.
[snip]
> Unless you happen to know of a way to characterize the countries of the world
> using only the Saweli modifiers?
I don't. I just asked for clarification as I was puzzled.
Ray
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