Re: Mispronouncing Conlang Names
From: | Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> |
Date: | Wednesday, April 13, 2005, 7:20 |
David J. Peterson skrev:
> Hey all,
>
> This is a chatty thread I'm starting, but it is on topic (i.e., about
> conlangs), so I thought it was all right.
>
> I recently posted Barry Garcia's translation of the Sheli poem
> into Ayhan on my site, and I noticed, after pasting his link in,
> that I'd been incorrectly spelling the language as "Ahyan".
> Why? Because that's actually how I'd been *pronouncing* it
> (in my head) all this time. And, indeed, I actually mispronounce
> a lot of conlang names, I've noticed. Here's a short list (and
> feel free to add) in alphabetical order:
So what do you make of:
Sohlob
Kejeb
Kidilib
Mærik
Slvanjec
Since I've posted the translations in the past looking in
the archive is cheating!
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