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

Kou:
> >     OBCONLANG/NATLANG: Question: What flavour(s) do you peeps
> > assign your own ConLangs?
>
> Géarthnuns is chutney, but that's probably just because I really like
> the word "chutney" (both as signifiant and signifié) (I also relish
> the word "relish"). Still, mixing disparate ingredients that I
> wouldn't ordinarily think of combining (cranberries and green
> peppers; pineapple, onion, and balsamic vinegar) to come up with a
> strange, exotic, sumptuous, pungent condiment -- I can live with that.
Géarthnuns creates such a chutneyish impression on me too, and I
agree that _chutney_ itself is a Géarthnunsish-sounding word.

--And.

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