Re: HUMOUR: Pronounce This...

--- In conlang@y..., Roger Mills <romilly@E...> wrote:

> I got a chuckle from--
> 'oy'  hurt, ache; pain
Hmmm, I don't intuitively parse /?Oj?/ as a painful interjection...
Is there any specific cultural background you're refering to?  An
instance in literature or a movie?


> 'ugh  be heavy
Hehe, now this one's clear.  I actually have something very similar
in Obrenje:  The verb |uc-| /Mx/ means "to push".

The noun |dula| for "music" triggers associations to German "dudeln"
(to tootle) or certain archetypical yodeling lyrics.  For some reason,
someone in the Planet Pii chatroom considered the word |ula| for
"romantic love" funny.  ;-)  And finally, the word |dzhon| "nap" is
dedicated to Jonathan North Washington, who is always about to take a
nap when you meet him on IRC.  ;-)

Built-in chuckles in conlangs are fun; too bad I don't have many of
them yet, although sometimes Jovian's borrowings from German strike
me as funny (e.g. |biore| /bi@r/ "beer" or |loedi| /lAjdi/ "people").


-- Christian Thalmann