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

From:Clint Jackson Baker <litrex1@...>
Date:Tuesday, March 19, 2002, 12:30
Siyo!
Kayasanoda is definitely spaghetti--long and winding
and very filling!  Does anything accompany it?
Primavera because it's light on the phonology...?

Dana!
Clint


Ihekwike Christophe Grandsire:
> > 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. > > http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr > > Take your life as a movie: do not let anybody else > play the leading role.
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