Re: CHAT: Natrium
| From: | Roger Mills <romilly@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, June 14, 2002, 17:31 |
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Jeff Jones wrote:
>>> (sorry for another OT post. ObConlang: hmmm, have we done the usually
>>> dull names-for-elements-in-your-conlang thread again recently?
A long time ago (early 2000, when I first joined the list) I posted some
Kash terms, mostly for the gasses, all borrowed from Gwr. Later on, native
words for some of the common metals were discovered (e.g. efi sawu {silver
water/liquid} 'mercury', anula 'gold'); and I have downloaded the periodic
table, but doubt that I'll ever translate the whole thing. (Chemistry is
not my forte)
>...and my vocabulary is enlarged in one __swell foop__!
One of my HS English teachers liked to use that expression; along with
Kennimore Fooper, Sheets and Kelly, and President Hoobert Heaver
>PS
>I found Christophe's translation error highly entertaining once it was
>pointed out (I knew he meant nitrogen). I was imagining headlines:
>
>SCIENTIST DISCOVERS AIR MOSTLY SODIUM
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>API, The Netherlands.
>Today, French scientist Christophe Grandsire announced to the Conlang list,
>an online research group, his discovery that Earth's atmosphere is made up
>of 75% Sodium. This startling result is certain to change the way we think
>about breathing and other biochemical processes according to one expert
>....
LOL!!! A real day-brightener!!
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