Re: CHAT: ConScripts
From: | Joseph Fatula <joefatula@...> |
Date: | Saturday, August 4, 2007, 8:50 |
David J. Peterson wrote:
> General Mia:
> <<
> Ha! Now you gone and done it! I am assigning you to the Nevashi Verb
> Auxiliary Division. If there happens to be a day that you are
> available to train and you don't have ANYTHING better to do, you can
> join us in marching up and down the square.
> >>
>
> Ooh! This will certainly be a feather in my cap!
>
> G.M.:
> <<
> If all goes well, we're going to invade English and take over the
> world, one Nevashi word at a time.
> >>
>
> I vote we start with the word "crafts". How can you have a
> consonant cluster of [fts] at the end of a word?! It's insane!
> And "strengths" better watch out, if it knows what's good for
> it!
>
Be careful! "Craftsmanship" with its /ftsm/ cluster might feel like
it's backed into a corner. And if anyone's asking about your
qualifications, strengthswise, you'll get a lovely /NTsw/...