Re: deseret conlangcon '99!
| From: | Tom Wier <artabanos@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, July 20, 1999, 5:22 |
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Adam Parrish wrote:
> > Interesting. In Rightpondia, it's a boink, in Leftpondia, it's a con. Is
> > this difference Pondian, or am I reading too much into it?
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> You're probably reading too much into it. I dunno, though.
> This is the first {con,boink} I've ever been involved with, so I'm not
> privy to the details of the exact nomenclature.
I don't think I've ever heard -con used as a free morpheme before. It's always
been a suffix of some sort, like Star-Trekcon, or something to that effect.
Is this <boink> a free morpheme?
> I do know, however,
> that a "conlang boink" would probably not be looked upon favorably by
> Utahns, mostly because of the connotations that the word "boink" carries
> here. :)
Not to mention the connotations it carries across the rest of the US.
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