From: "Tristan" <kesuari@...>
Subject: Re: Eihdan and Maggelity
> Joseph Fatula wrote:
>
> >Reading the recent thread about conlang terms, specifically Maggelity, I
> >realized something interesting. I've got a language, Eihdan, that might
at
> >first seem maggelitinous in its grammar, but in actual fact is a very
> >regular language. It just follows an unusual set of rules. Here are
some
> >examples:
> >
> At the time the term 'maggelity' was coined, I coined the term
> 'etabnanneri' with a meaning best applied to that, from the name of my
> conlang Etabnanni /ra2mn&2n/ 2=low tone, which has an at-first irregular
> seeming orthography, but proves to be regular. Unfortunately, there was
> less need for such a term, and I don't speak of Etabnanni very often, so
> it never really caught on.
Very well, perhaps the term ought to be etabnannity, as it is more in line
with other such terms (maggelity being an obvious influence). Any thoughts
on the examples of my previous message?