Re: Men vs Women on Conlang
From: | Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...> |
Date: | Thursday, December 12, 2002, 17:44 |
Sally Caves wrote:
>Yry eftoihs, literally, "as for me, apologetic, or "apologetic me."
>Emphasized pronoun, non-volitional.
>
>It's pronounced /iri 'eftoIS/, the "hs" cluster representing our "sh." In
>Roman script, Teonaht likes to put the h in front of the stop or fricative
>it modifies. In the renuon, or "letters," these sounds have their own
>characters. There are the Teonim romanaht and the Teonim renuonht who
>debate over what graphic system is most patriotic to use. Newspapers are
>written in both.
Some Teonim are arguing that it's more _patriotic_ to use the Roman alphabet
than the native one? Or is the _renuon_ also of external origin?
Andreas
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