Re: Men vs Women on Conlang

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From: "Andreas Johansson" <and_yo@...>

Sally uarly krespr:
> >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.
Andreas uarlo krespr:
> 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?
The Teonim consider themselves part of this world and the Other world.
Their islands with their cities regularly emerge and resubmerge in major
bodies of our inland oceans... mostly the Black and Caspian Seas, sometimes
the Great Lakes, occasionally in Morris Dam behind Glendora, CA.  :)   I've
been noticing their intrusions, at times, into the Finger Lakes here in
Upstate.  In their forays, they have gathered a number of customs all over
this world, and taken them back to wherever they escape to.  Those who get
trapped here have communities wherein the Roman alphabet and the Renuon are
used.  Since the Renuon symbols seems to have been borrowed in part from
Cyrrilic and Greek, neither Roman nor Renuon orthography is "native"; the
NAMES for the characters, however, are.  Some Teonim prefer Roman script,
and others, thinking it is more esoteric and therefore preferable, prefer
the Renuon.  "Patriotic" is perhaps the wrong word to use, since the Teonim
are hard-pressed to decide whether they are from this world or the other
world.  They do, however, have a strong sense of their own unique culture.
Both scripts developed together.

Sally Caves
scaves@frontiernet.net
Eskkoat ol ai sendran, rohsan nuehra celyil takrem bomai nakuo.
"My shadow follows me, putting strange, new roses into the world."