Re: OT: Opinions wanted: person of vocatives
| From: | Joe <joe@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, July 5, 2003, 9:44 |
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Bleackley" <Peter.Bleackley@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: Opinions wanted: person of vocatives
> Staving Erich Rickheit:
>
>
> >To try and ObConLang this, what do people think about creating
> >neologisms in dead languages? If we need to mention cars or computers
> >or airplanes, how would you suggest constructing vocabulary that
> >is sensible in Attic to describe these?
>
> I personally would love to get my hands on a copy of the Lexicon
> Latinitatis Recentis, where the Vatican does precisely this (presumably
for
> use in official documents). The samples you hear from this are often quite
> amusing, eg res incognita volans, fabula Americae occidentis.
You can get it from amazon.co.uk(at only 70 squids). If you have that kind
of money to spare(about $100), you should probably buy it, just for the hell
of it.
> Pete
>