g0miileg0, v3rzjen 1.3, fraekt0 1 [GomiLego, Version 1.3, Part 1]
| From: | J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, August 22, 2003, 14:23 |
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... for your bewilderment/a-muse-tainment... ta-da!...
g0miileg0, v3rzjen 1.3, fraekt0 1 [GomiLego, Version 1.3, Part 1]
_g0miileg0_ /g@U.mi:leg@U/ -=- [beautiful-]junk-language -=-
_muIltiigløssaa Nii0-Dzjii0-Fjuutsj3r0-izm0 krii0 mes0leg0kit_
(a polyglot, "Neo-Geo-Futurist" creole mesolect)
_g0mii_ - from Japanese "gomi" - has a higher aesthetic (and
paracultural) value than mere _dzjaangk_ /dZA:nk/ "junk [trash]"
or _kaakaa_ /ka:ka:/ "[unrecyclable] shit/caca" - & -
distantly relateable with PIE * kom-, Latin _com_ , _co-_ & PIE
*gel-, Latin _glomus_, _glomer-_("ball") Latin _globus_
_leg0_ - from Greek "lego" ("logos") and the Danish modular construction
toy
_s0n0leg0set_ - sound language system ("phonology") -
& _graffiileg0set_ - write language system ("orthography")
g0miileg0's semi-phonemic/semi-"deviant" orthography is loosely based on
aspects of the IPA/X-SAMPA, "spelling reformed" Dutch, Japanese_Romaji_ and,
of course, aesthetics influenced by Italian and Russian Futurism; Dadaism;
Dutch and Russian Constructivism; Punk; CyberPunk science-fiction and
"CyberGrunge" typography.
PLIJ GOMS0N0//CONSONANTS
Orthography - when it differs from ASCII-IPA (X-SAMPA) -
it is in [ ].
plosives p, b t, d k, g
nasals m---F [m] n N [ ng ]
-
-
fricatives f, v s, z S, Z [ sj, zj ] h ,
_h [ h ]
-
approximants r\ [ r ] j
lateral approximant l [ l ]---------------------L [ Il ]
glides w-----------------------------------------w
The glide, semi-vowel /w/ is a labiodental-velar approximant
affricates tS, dZ [ tsj, dzj ]
NOTE: Like in Dutch "turbolanguage", anything that sounds like
[ks] in word-final position is written _x_, like for example _haelix_ "helix",
_ziirox_ "xerox" (a copy), _Djuublex_ "Dublex" (a conlang). Otherwise
(initial and medial), "zz", i.e. _aezzperim'nt0_ "experiment/experimental";
_aezzistii_ "exist/existence"; _Aezzodo_ "Exodus"
/l/, /r\/, /j/, /h/and /w/ are semi-vowels...
to some extent - especially syllable/word-final,
/m/--/F/, /n/ and /N/ can also be "semi-vowels"
some combined sounds:
/hw/ [ hw ]
/kw/ [ kw ]
/b_h/ [ bh ]
/d_h/ [ dh ]
/g_h/ [ gh ]
/k_h/ [ kh ]
/k_hd_h/ [ khdh ]
/sk/ [ sk ]
/skr\/ [ skr ]
/sl/ [ sl ]
/sr\/ [ sr ]
/t_h/ [ th ]
/vr\/ [vr ]
etc.
* phonotactics:
syllables _usually_ have a (C1)(S)V(V)(S)(C2)
C1 - any consonant or semi-consonant
C2 - nasal, fricative or liquid
S - semi-vowel or liquid
V - vowel or diphthong
or a (C)(S)V(V)(S)(C) phonotactical structure
C - any consonant or semi-consonant
S - semi-vowel or liquid
V - vowel or diphthong
consonant clusters: epenthentic schwa (indeterminate central "short" vowel)
or aspiration (i.e. /k_hd_h/ [khdh]) can be inserted to break up
consonant clusters "difficult" for some speakers not used to a
language with "strong" consonant clusters, i.e. Hiberno-Irish
"fillim" or "filhm" for _film_, or, amongst Dutch
speakers, [fIlYm] in Rotterdam or [fIL@m] in Amsterdam. Some
pronunciations of _stop_ is "s'top" /s_htAp/and in rural, basilect
Tok Pisin /s@ta:p/spelled locally as "satap."
PLIJ VAU'IL//VOWELS
asymetrical 10 vowel system:
i: [ ii ] u: [ uu ]
I [ i ] U [ u ]
e
@ [ ' ]
& [ ae ]
a: [ aa ] A: [ a ] Q [ o ]
^
|
|------with [O] and [V] as free variation
allophones
Vowel phonemes can have tense allophones in open syllables
(with or without off-glides) - lax allophones in closed syllables.
Vowels followed by a nasal [m, n, ng] can be nasalized.
* 6 short vowels
i /I/ as in "blip", "bit", "chip"
e /e/ (before consonants) as in "dem", "ten","zen", "pen"
ae /&/ as in "cat", "tan", "bat", "pan"
North American English /&/ is essentially [E_A], that is [E] with advanced
tongue root.
o /Q/ as in "hot", "Glock," "dog", "gods", "bomb," "pod"
_-glom-_, "bonk", (French) _bon_
u /U/ as in "put", "books," "to","full","good"
' /@/ schwa - indeterminate, neutral central vowel:
- as in the "a" in _Cuba_ /kju:b@/
- or - unvoiced schwa /@_0/ {"a cool sound by the way ;)"} often called
a "murmured vowel", and that's exactly the effect. When you murmur, you
naturally pronounce unvoiced vowels. Just murmur a schwa and you have it (and it
indeed sounds very much like /h/)
- or, allophonically - the short /a/ of North Indian languages (i.e.
the first vowel in _Punjabi_) -or- even the aspirated "a"s in the
African-American "Ebonic" Vernacular _supa killa rappa_ ("super killer rapper")
* 3 long vowels
aa /a:/ as in "dada", "nada", "caca"
ii /i:/ as the vowels in "green," "beep", "be", "seat",
the i in "machine", "spaghetti", "graffiti"
uu /u:/ as in "goo", "ooze", "fool", "rule", and the double o in "googol"
* 1 "ultra-long vowel/semi-diphthong" (allophonic vowel)
a /A:/ with [O] and [V] as free variation allophones
* 7 diiftong/7 diphthongs
/aI/ [ ij ]
/aU/ [ au ]
/@U/ [ 0 ] as in _ziir0_ "zero" /zi:r@U/,_g0_, _bushiid0_, _da0_ , _0m_
/eI/ [ ei ] as in "bastard" pronunciations of _fortei_ "forte", _kaefei_
"cafe", _aenimei_ "anime", & in _aelfazeita_
/ju:/ [ juu ]
/oI/ [ oi ]
/wi:/ [ wii ]
* R-kol3r sjiva/rhotic schwa
/3:r\/ [ 3r ]
should not be non-rhotic, i.e. the "a"s in the African-American "Ebonic"
vernacular _supa killa rappa_ ("super killer rapper")
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Metronomic, quasi-Japanese style of pronounciation that gives nearly equal
loudness and duration to every syllable - the loudness and duration of
syllables can be more or less uniform, with increases being used only
occasionally to signal special emphasis of a concept or loud creaky voicing
to emphasize a command.
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! bon kaakaa p3r juu!
/bQn ka:.ka: p3:r\ ju:/
good shit to you
"Good shit to you."
This greeting is a take on the popular phrase "Shit Happens!":
! kaakaa saempaa 0kor0!
/ka:.ka: s&m.pa: @U.kor\@U/
shit NONP happen[s]/happening
^- NONP = NONPunctual aspect ... indicates a durative, habitual, or
iterative aspect and is indifferent to the nonpast-past distinction.
_Saempa_ evolved from _semper_/_sempre_, "always".
-! oteIl0 luud0 loIl!
(Othello [a game] play fun!)
= S0n0 Ram. Ram S0n0. =
(Sound {is} God-Reality. God-Reality {is} Sound.)
[_Ram_ /rA:m/ is the Sanskrit word
for the infinite, formless form of the God-Reality,
the aspect worshipped by the god Hanuman.
"By repeating the name RAM,
the impossible becomes possible."
- Neem Karoli Baba]
leg0set saempaa mjuutaazii
/le.g@U.set s&m.pa: mju:ta:.zi:/
language always change
Lanuage is always changing.
leg0-mjuutaazii n0 rat...
/leg@U.mju:ta:.zi: n@U r\A:t/
language-change no rot
Language change is not decay.
plij leg0 finiz vak gom - taadaa - dem gom fazen mjuutaa-mjuutaazii...
/plaI le.g@U fin.iz vA:k gom ta:.da: dem gom fA:.zen
mju:ta:mju:ta:.zi:/
PLU language PAST talk together then them together FUT change-change
Languages spoken together change one another.
= ! gw3rraa leg0set kaakaa! ! riis3rvaa, saaIlvaa, riikuu, sk0paa-g0mii
aen
riizijkl0! =
(Fight Linguistic Waste! Save, Salvage, Recover, Scavenge and Recycle!)
_leg0set baagaa_ "language-system book/bag/song" is a lexicon or
dictionary
>>To have another language is to possess a second soul.
>>-- Charlemagne
en g0miileg0:
= haavaa num3r duo leg0kit... taadaa : haavaa num3r duo breinii. =
have number two language, ta-da, have number two brainie.
"One mind plus one mind equals a Third Mind." - William S. Burroughs
= 0n0 mentaa plaz 0n0 mentaa... taadaa : Num3r Trii0 Mentaa. =
= diff3rrenzii ent3raa kaak0 aen mjuuzikaa semii-tem paen en juu kaepii. =
(Difference between noise and music semi-time all in you head)
{Sometimes the difference between noise and music is all in your head}
_sono-naadaa_ ("sono" - Greco for "sound"/"nada" Sanskrit for "sound") almost
sounds like "sonata" - a "free" improvisational raga-like form based on chaos
created by human interaction with AI-augmented music technology
- ? juu nii0 kogn0 g0miileg0, laa?
(You now know/think GomiLego, eh?)
- ! ij-ij! mii nii0 vak g0miileg0 megaa bon. ? kogn0? nae non-bon.
(Aye-aye!, me now speak GomiLego very good. Know/think? No non-good.)
- ! g0miileg0 n0 bruut0 leg0set!
(Gomilego is not an ugly language)
- ! ! ij-ij --- mii megaa-tem radzj'r dhaat!!
(Aye-Aye, me big-time rodger that!)
- ? tekaa haavaa juu d0m-viidaa ... laa?
(Building have you home-life, eh?)
- mii kaamaa mii finiz tem-njuumii biz pod en saabii g0daun en Varanasi.
(Me desire me PsT time-money have pod in beautiful-old godown in
Varanasi.)
{I wish I had rented a room in an old, beautiful warehouse in Varanasi.}
_haavaa_ is inalienable possession - possession of your body, personal
belongings, your soul, etc.
_biz_ is alienable possession - possession of goods, things you stole,
property, etc.
(_biznizz_ "business", _biz-izm0_ "capitalism")
= plij zen0-dzjen, sijb3r-mekkaan0, aen p0sii-dzjen gom haavaa 0n0 m0n0 -
dem kreazii plij biiz'rraa leg0set k0nexii. = --- Jasia Reichardt
PLU xeno-gen, cyber-machine, and poetry-gen together have one thing -
they/people create PLU bizarre language-system connexion. --- Jasia Reichardt
"One thing foreigners, computers, and poets have in common
is that they make unexpected linguistic associations." --- Jasia Reichardt
¡ mordaa en djuu, aertiileg0 skam !
/mor\.da: en dju: ar\.ti:leg@o skVm/
literally: "Death to you, artlang scum!"
- plij h0mii-noid aezzii plij zoid, s0, aen oz paen viidaa en dzjiiaa...
oz
paen plij dzjiiaa-dzjen.
Human-noids [are] animals, too, and we all live in/on [Gaia+geo]. We all
gia-gen [earthlings].
Hanuman Zhang, MangaLanger
Language[s] change[s]: vowels shift, phonologies crash-&-burn, grammars
leak, morpho-syntactics implode, lexico-semantics mutate, lexicons explode,
orthographies reform, typographies blip-&-beep, slang flashes, stylistics
warp... linguistic (R)evolutions mark each-&-every quantum leap...
"Some Languages Are Crushed to Powder but Rise Again as New Ones" -
title of a chapter on pidgins and creoles, John McWhorter,
_The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language_
= ! gw3rraa leg0set kaakaa!
! riis3rvaa, saaIlvaa, riikuu, sk0paa-g0mii aen riizijkl0! =
(Fight Linguistic Waste! Save, Salvage, Recover, Scavenge and Recycle!)