Rate of Change in Rtemmu (was Re: Re: How to say This Week?)

On 12 June, J Y S Czhang wrote:

>     Go, rtemmu, go!
 Ah, but at what rate of change?  ;-)


>     Personally I'd shorten those to near grammatical-particle-size... but
> that's just me...I think.   1. -x or -xa    2. -sa  3. -xa  or -xas (or
even -xaz)
>     What _do_ others think 0_o?  Does this compute ;) ?
    It would, for me, if I were being reasonable!
But where's the fun in being reasonable?  ;-)

> >Leaving out, for the moment, those infamous
> >but interesting rate-of-change-markers ;-)
>
>     LMAO. Lovely things they be...

    Here, then, are a few of them for your delectation.

Note:  rate-of-change markers used here are:

nu       = subjective change too slow to notice
no       = subjective change which is slow
ne       = subjective change which is fast
ni        = subjective change too fast to follow

zuv     = objective change too slow to notice
kehs   = objective change at a "normal" rate
fis       = objective change which is fast

wuh    = unknown rate of change, subjective or objective
it-       = decelerating rate of change
ut-      = accelerating rate of change
wit-    = accelerating and decelerating rate of change
             (ie wild, unpredictable changes)
ner     = different parts of the process changing at different rates,
              subjectively

Examples:

  with dono`gndadarxas  (= the current week)

no dono`gndadarxas
    = Will the end of the week never come?
nu dono`gndadarxas
    = I'm bored outta my tree!
itnu dono`gndadarxas
    = I'm bored outta my tree and drowning in molasses!
fis dono`gndadarxas
    = My watch is running fast.
ner dono`gndadarxas
    = This week has its ups and downs.
utner dono`gndadarxas
    = This week is a roller coaster!
witner dono`gndadarxas
    = This week is an LSD-fueled roller coaster!
wuh dono`gndadarxas
    = Duh! What week is this?
ne dono`gndadarxas
    = Moving right along!
etc.

Examples with dono`gndadarsaxas (= the coming week).

kehs dono`gndadarsaxas
    = I'm reading my crystal ball (Tarot cards, whatever).
nu dono`gndadarsaxas
    = This place is going nowhere!
zuv dono`gndadarsaxas
    = I've just time-traveled to next week
       and it's still the same old [add favorite expletive!  ;-)  ]!
etc.

Examples with dono`gndadarxasax (= the previous week)

ni dono`gndadarxasax
    = Where did last week go?
wuh dono`gndadarxasax
    = There was a last week?
witwuh dono`gndadarxasax
    = There was a _me_  ?
        (witwuh = wildly accelerating-decelerating ignorance  ;-)  )
etc.


Dan Sulani
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