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Re: conlangers of the world, create!

From:Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
Date:Tuesday, May 1, 2001, 15:10
On Tue, 1 May 2001 12:52:29 +0200 daniel andreasson
<daniel.andreasson@...> writes:
> Anyway. This means "Conlangers of the world, create!" which > I thought was a suitable phrase to translate today, May 1st. > [ Or should that be "of all countries"? ]
- In Rokbeigalmki: _^ao''le''dhei^ilmal-a, emze-aole!_ ao''le''dh = conlanger, from _ao''le_, short for "^aole^lesna(m)" "creation of language(s)", plus _-dh_ agent ending. ilmal = world, from _amal_ "earth, ground, land" and _ilu_ "all, every". -a = the emze- = imperative plural, _emz_ = you-all and _e_ imperative 'tense' vowel aole = artistic creation The Rokbeigalmki translation plays on the accident that _aole_ "artistic creation" /awlE/ and _ao''le_ "conlang" /a:wlE:/ are the same word except that the abbreviation is stressed. -Stephen (Steg) "âo'le''dheiîlmal-a, emze-aole!"