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Re: The Saharan page (was: Basque article)

From:Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...>
Date:Wednesday, August 11, 1999, 11:49
grandsir@natlab.research.philips.com writes:
> 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)? >
Hmm that would be interesting. Perhaps take the first syllables of each word in a phrase to make up a new word. For instance: "just say no" - juseino (/dZ@seino/ )- resistance =) (well it's silly but thats the best i can come up with right now)
> Well, thank you for reading everything till here, and thank you >for >your patience (I shouldn't have read this page, it has been stupid, but >it didn't think this page would be so stupid).
No problem........it was actually the most interesting mail i have had in my mailbox all day :). I personally laughed out loud when i read the page. It's just so preposterous. His other pages are too. It's like reading a conspiracy theory :).
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