Re: CHAT Bethesda et al. (was: Brithenig-heads)

And Rosta wrote:
> (Oddly, I've always associated "beth" with 'sheep', probably because of
> "O little lamb of Bethlehem", and the onomatopoeia of [bE].)
If you're talking about the carol, surely you mean "O little _town_ of
Bethlehem"?

ObConlang: I chose to go for onomatopoeia when I devised the Kansu name for
sheep: ma:la. I think the Quenya for sheep is ma, too.

> --And.
Dan
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I chirikleski kul chi perel duvar pe yek than

The droppings of the flying bird never fall twice on the same spot
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