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Re: Men vs Women on Conlang

From:bnathyuw <bnathyuw@...>
Date:Wednesday, December 18, 2002, 0:01
 --- Sally Caves <scaves@...> wrote: >
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> From: "Andreas Johansson" <and_yo@...> > > > > > >She was Pamnerik of Teon, mistress of horses, > slayer of kings, queen of > the > > >Black and Caspian Seas; death in her hands, > foreseeing in her eyes, > mastery > > >in her sceptre, seduction and deceit on her lips, > justice on her throne. > > >:) > > > > Thanks for the info! Anyway, is it just me, or did > she, appart from a > > Captain Caveman attitude to politics, have a > suspiciously male-sounding > > name? "Pamnerik" sounds more like the name of a > midevil Germanic chieftain > > than of an ancient Queen. > > What would one call that? Phonetically > ethnocentric? :) "Pamnerik" is a > character from a long lost novel I wrote when I was > about fourteen (total > crap), about one of the Feleonim, the winged cats > that I used to dwell on. > She was a warrior feline. Appropriated by humans, > her name means "Red > River," and can refer to the carnage she leaves > behind or her own fatal > menstruation. She is different, however, from the > Goddess of War and > Strategy. She has become euhemerized; and yes, she > is a medieval, actually > ancient, Chieftain. Queens can be chieftains. <G> > >
to be honest, the name sounds to me like what you would call the offspring of erik and pamela . . . bn ===== bnathyuw | landan | arR stamp the sunshine out | angelfish your tears came like anaesthesia | phèdre __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com

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