Re: The Saharan page (was: Basque article)

grandsir <grandsir@...> wrote:

>         Well, now I feel better. I hope I didn't bother anybody. To be =
more
> conlang-related (at least at the end of the post :) ), has anybody ever
> used this mechanism to create new words (taking first syllable or
> syllables of some words and putting them together), and does this
> mechanism exist in natlangs (it would be an interesting kind of
> compounding)?
I think I've heard of that. Is that _portmanteau_, or does the term only
apply to mixed language sources? What do you call English 'smog' from
'smoke' and 'fog'?

The book about the Bible being reordered to read something else
is surely based on the Qabbalah tradition, which at first sight
(haven't read much about it really) seems fascinating, though of
course not worth taking into *scientific* consideration. I think
I might do that in the future, for Drasel=E9q. Nice concultural issue,
too.


--Pablo Flores