Re: Over the rivver and Throo the wuds
| From: | =cw4t7abs <antiorp@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, October 15, 1998, 5:30 |
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>Oh, I vote for throo! I just love the look of it!
d!tto. odr d2.
>The same sound is spelled "uu" or u-with-a-diaeresis** in Siidmak.
>I must be stuck on double vowels this year.
>
>On a completely unrelated note (Don't you just hate it when I change
>subjects in the middle of a post), I spent half of today thinking about
>a sign I saw in the window of a bicycle shop. In gigantic orange
>letters, it said "90 DAYS SAMEASCASH". I just glanced at it to start
>with, and it seemed to me that that last word didn't look like English
>at all, until I actually looked at the sign and read "same as cash".
>There wasn't enough room for the spaces. This got me to thinking about
>how difficult it might be for me to figure that out if English weren't
>in my top-5 best-known languages. It's weird on several levels. It might
>be hard to pull the words apart, but if I did get it apart, it is a
>rather odd expression in a literal sense. How is 90 days the same as
>cash?
>So, what does this mean to my conlanging?
>(a) It has me thinking about ea-luna again, a language where dividing
>compound words (or phrases, for that matter) in different places
>radically alters the meaning of the word/phrase...and the new division
>has a really good chance of being grammatically correct.
>(b) It had me considering how a language could be built so that it could
>be written without spaces, with obvious markers for where words begin
>and end.
>(c) It inspired me to think about idioms for Merahai and Siidmak.
>and (d) I started thinking about what "sameaskas" might mean in Siidmak.
>:)
>
>Mia
>
>** Is that spelling right? I let my spell checker have a go at it...
konzumemorespasez .
o h , i v
o t e f
o r t h
r o o !
i j u s t
l o v e t
h e l o =
o
k o f
i t !
t h e =
s
a m e s o
u n d i =
s
s p e l l =
e
d " u u "
o r u - w
i t h - a
- d i a =
e
r e s i
s * * i n
s i i d m a
k .
i m u s t
b e s t u =
c
k o n d =
o
u b l e v o
w e l s
t h i s
y e a r .
o n a
c o m p l
e t e l y =
u
n r e l a t =
e
d n o =
t
e ( d o n '
t y o u
j u s t
h a t e i t
w h e n
i c h a n g e
s u b j e
c t s i n
t h e
m i d d l e o
f a p o s =
t
) , i
s p e n t
h a l f o
f t o d a y
t h i n k i
n g a b
o u t
a s i g n
i s a w
i n t
h e w i
n d o w
o f a =
b
i c y c
l e s h
o p . i n
g i g a
n t i c o r
a n g e
l e t t =
e
r s , i
t s a i
d " 9 0
d a y s s a
m e a s c
a s h " .
i j u s
t g l
a n c e =
d
a t i t =
t
o s t a r
t
w i t h ,
a n d i t
s e e m e
d t o m
e t h a t
t h a t
l a s t w
o r d d =
i
d n ' t l
o o k l i
k e e n g
l i s h
a t a =
l
l , u n t i
l i a c
t u a l l y
l o o k e d
a t t =
h
e s i
g n a n d
r e a d =
"
s a m e
a s c a s
h " .
t h e r e
w a s n =
'
t e n o u g =
h
r o o =
m
f o r
t h e s p
a c e s .
t h i s
g o t m
e t o t
h i n k i
n g a b
o u t
h o w
d i f f i
c u l t
i t m i g
h t b
e f o r
m e t
o f i g u
r e t h a t
o u t =
i
f e n g =
l
i s h =
w
e r e n ' t
i n m =
y
t o p -
5 b e s t - =
k
n o w n l
a n g u a g
e s . i t '
s w e i r d
o n s
e v e r a l
l e v e =
l
s . i t
m i g h t
b e h a
r d t o
p u l l
t h e w
o r d s a p
a r t , b u =
t
i f i
d i d g e
t i t
a p a r =
t
, i t i
s a
r a t h e r
o d d e x
p r e s s =
i
o n i n
a l i
t e r a l
s e n s e
. h o w
i s 9 0 d
a y s t h
e s a m e =
a
s
c a s h ?
s o , w
h a t
d o e s
t h i s
m e a n t o
m y c =
o
n l a n g i n
g ?
( a ) i t
h a s m e
t h i n k i
n g a b o =
u
t e a - l u n a
a g a i n
, a l a =
n
g u a g e
w h e
r e d i v i d =
i
n g
c o m p o
u n d w
o r d s
( o r p h
r a s e s ,
f o r t h a =
t
m a t
t e r )
i n d i
f f e r e =
n
t p l a
c e s
r a d i
c a l l y
a l t e =
r
s t h
e m e a
n i n g o
f t h e w o r
d / p h r =
a
s e . . .
a n d t
h e n =
e
w d i v i
s i o n
h a s a
r e a l l y
g o o d
c h a n c e
o f b
e i n g =
g
r a m m a t
i c a l l y
c o r r
e c t .
( b ) i t
h a d
m e c =
o
n s i d e r i =
n
g h o w =
a
l a =
n
g u a g e
c o u l d b
e b u
i l t s o
t h a t i
t c o u l d
b e w r
i t t e =
n
w i t h o
u t s
p a c e s ,
w i t
h o b v
i o u s m a
r k e r s =
f
o r w h =
e
r e w o r
d s b e =
g
i n
a n d e n
d .
( c ) i t
i n s p i r e
d m e t
o t h i n
k a b o u
t i d i o
m s f
o r m e r a h
a i a n d
s i i d m a k
.
a n d (
d ) i s t
a r t e d
t h i n k i
n g a b o =
u
t w h a t
" s a m e
a s k a s =
"
m i g h t
m e a n
i n s i i
d m a k .
: )
m i a
* * i s
t h a t
s p e l l
i n g r =
i
g h t ?
i l e
t m y =
s
p e l l
c h e c k =
e
r h a v e =
a
g o a
t i t .
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