Re: linguistic "flavours" (was Re: Missing Words)

En réponse à J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...>:

>
>     LOL... Good metaphor. To me, some languages definitely are like
> the
> various flavours of foods - some are simple, clear/clean & minimal in
> tastes,
> i.e. sushi or Vegan salads or seaslug soup. Some languages are spicy,
> i.e.,
> like there are many kinds of curry - with varying degrees of tastes,
> spiciness, intensity & heat (and - arguably - aftertaste(s)).
>
:))) I must say the metaphor is interesting.

>
>     * esp'ly Christophe, Maarten, Ray, Kou, Mathias, Ms.
> BleuFuzzieMonkeys,
> Dirk, Yitzak "the Snakie", Pavel, David "DigiScreamer", Yoon, Mia, And
> Rosta
> "the Ambivert Ambivalent"... eek! I hope I am not fergittin' anyone who
> has
> helped me &/or commented on my emails/conlanging progess (or chided me
> for
> lack thereof ;)
>
Thanks!

>     OBCONLANG/NATLANG: Question: What flavour(s) do you peeps assign
> your own
> ConLangs? How about your "Fav NatLangs"?
>
What flavour would I give to my conlangs? Well, let's make a list:
- Azak would be an erwtensoep (a typical Dutch soup. Ask one of the Dutch
members of the list for an explanation of the ingredients): simple, not very
nice looking, heavy. Good for a cold winter.
- Moten would definitely be very light, a little salty, and cold. I'd say it's
a sushi :)) .
- Reman would be a warm vegetarian meal :)) , light and tasty, but without meat.
- Notya would be a chocolate mousse :)) . Very simple, sweet, but always nice
at the end of a dinner :)) .
- Astou would not have one taste: it would be a full dinner! Or more exactly,
it would be a Roman orgy! :))
- Tj'a-ts'a~n would be quite salty, fried exotic food. Like grasshoopers or
something like that :)) .
- Chasmäöcho would be spicy and heavy, quite like a chili con carne :)) .
- O would again be some nice and light food, probably a cold pasta salad with
lots of vegetables :) .
- Narbonósc would be warm, lightly salty, with a tomato sauce (but no
Ketchup!) :)) .
- Itakian would be one of those things you never saw before, are a little
afraid to try, but dare and find it really nice! Quite spicy, maybe a little
too hot for you at first, but after a few minutes you would discover the taste
behind the spice, sweet-sour, very refreshing! :)) But it's the kind that would
leave you more than full at the end of the dinner, a little like a good Chinese
meal :)) .

As you can guess, as well in languages as in cooking my tastes are
eclectic :)) .

Christophe.

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