Re: Graavgaaln elements

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From: Adam Walker <dreamertwo@...>
To: Multiple recipients of list CONLANG <CONLANG@...>
Date: Thursday, March 25, 1999 4:56 AM
Subject: Graavgaaln elements


>Last night I discovered the Graavgaaln names for several elements.  Here
>they are for your enjoyment and comments.
>
>vezh - gold Au
>pruuv - silver Ag
>ghub - iron Fe
>jherv - lead Pb
>tezh - sodium Na
>drraagpruuv - platinum Pt
>pruuvmelti^ntu^ - mercury Hg
>dhe^rrvezh - copper Cu
>b'olg'aatnorgh - sulfur S
>fa*shy"drraag - aluminum Al

I seem to recall reading somewhere that the ancients only knew of 7
elemental metals, the rest being undetectable by any technology short of the
early 19th century. Unles these trolls arent telling us something, how did
they get to knbow of aluminium or platinium?

gold
silver
copper
iron
lead
tin
mercury

>not an element, but discovered in the process of learning the others:
>
>siiktaavezh - brass

A word for brass, but not tin, an essential component of brass?

bronze? Its a very common alloy for armour, as well as coinage. It was only
surpassed by iron for armour due to the plentitude of iron.

steel? Also known to the ancients, although whetehr they had a different
word for it, or called it some form of purified iron is unclear.

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Fabian
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ask the unaskable, eff the ineffable,
think the unthinkable, and screw the inscrutable.