Re: The Saharan page (was: Basque article)

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From: Barry Garcia <Barry_Garcia@...>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 6:49 AM
Subject: Re: The Saharan page (was: Basque article)


> 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)
Hebrew has a tradition of coming up with names by using one consonant from
each word in a phrase; for example, the word Tanakh (meaning the Hebrew
Bible) comes from Torah (Law), Nevi'im (Prophets), and Ketuvim (Writings),
the three parts of the Bible; also Rashi, the acronym for Rabbi Shlomo ben
Itzhak. Something I find especially interesting is how Lag B@'omer
translates to "33th of Omer," but lag is really L (lamed, used for the
number 30) + G (gimel, the number 3).  Does anyone (Steg? :) ) know if any
other numbers are made from acronyms?