Re: conlang greetings page

On Monday, December 3, 2001, at 12:26 , Dan Sulani wrote:

> On 3 Dec, Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
>
>> http://pegasus.cityofveils.com/greetings.phtml
>>
>
>     va'i fone yyaigiha!
>
>     I'm flattered that you chose to use a rtemmu greeting to open your
> latest post.
>     I'm also curious: any special reason for it?
>
:-)  I've always liked your "rate of change" markers, and figured I ought
to use *some* greeting from the new page.  ;-)

>     I have taken a look at your website and I like it. I think it was
> clear
> and very tastefully done.
>
>    BTW, re: "va'i fone yyaigiha!"
>
>     va'i = emotion marker
>     fo = towards (in this case, the speaker)
>     ne = "yyaigiha" is subjectively changing rapidly
>             (as in "suprise"   :-)  )
>     ygiha = the process of happiness
>     -yai- = infix indicating relation to vision;
>                 thus "yyaigiha" = visually induced happiness
Neat!  "yyaigiha" is an especially great construction.  <admiration>

Yoon Ha Lee [requiescat@cityofvelis.com]
http://pegasus.cityofveils.com

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