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Re: pour les franco-phones-philes

From:Israel Noletto <israelnoletto@...>
Date:Tuesday, January 20, 2009, 19:42
>On my website I use the word _glossopoeia_ /glɒsə'piə/, derived from the >Greek word γλῶσσα (glôssa = 'tongue, language') and the root >ποιε- >(poie- = to make, to create); see: >http://www.carolandray.plus.com/Glosso/Glossopoeia.html > >Nor was the word invented by me; it earlier was used by Tolkien. Indeed, >according to Wikipedia it was actually coined by him - but it is a >fairly obvious coinage and others may have independently used it. For >example, we know And Rosta had independently come up with the word in >pre-Conlang days, and Steve >Deyo was publishing _Glossopoeic Quarterly__ in pre-Conlang >days, see: >http://archives.conlang.info/whae/kiavua/toerghaurthian.html >[...]
Nice then, I just knew the word in Portuguese but didnt really know the extent to which its used :) cheers, Israel Noletto