Re: Silindion

Elliott Lash sikayal:

> zebuleon@PEOPLEPC.COM writes:
> Don't know if it was intentional or not but your name Silindion, looks like it
>  would sound like Celine Dion, the canadian singer.  Not meaning to offend
> just
>  curious.
>
> No it's not though I've heard that before. It's really just a compound of
> Silin "forest" + ion (a language name former). Come to think of it, I don't
> even know where the -d- comes from, it probably should be dropped entirely,
> or maybe I can just name it Silic like it was called 3 years ago. Thanks for
> bringing it to my attention.
Or, better yet, form a rule that says that /n/ becomes /nd/ before
/i/.  Or just make the word irregular.

>
>         Elliott
>
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