Re: Fortuitous typo (was: Re: Conlang in-jokes.)

Quoting Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>:

> Hi!
>
> Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> writes:
> > Quoting Arnt Richard Johansen <arj@...>:
> >
> > > On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, Roger Mills wrote:
> > >
> > > > Double drat. Another typo, a wasted msg....
> > > >
> > > >> kasu [kaw] a food animal
> > > >
> > > > That should, of course, be _kawu_
> > >
> > > I kinda like the idea of "kasu" being pronounced [kaw]. Can I steal it?
> > > :-)
> >
> > Maybe, then, you'll also like the spelling of the newest Meghean word:
> _ushu_
> > ['uhu] "owl". It, too, effectively drops the 's'! :)
>
> _Uhu_ ['u:hu:] is German for a special type of owl, did you know that?
> Is it constructed that way? :-)
Yup, I knew that. It's an obvious omatopoeion, so I don't feel bad at all about
that sort of "coincidence".

                                                       Andreas

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