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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