Re: Children's Shows and Conlangs

Nik Taylor writes:
 > nicole perrin wrote:
 > > I was just babysitting, and the kid was watching an old cartoon called
 > > David the Gnome, it used to be on Nickelodeon about 10 years ago.  At
 > > the end, I noticed that David says goodbye in his "gnome language."  The
 > > word is <slitzweitz>, pronounced /Slitsvaits/
 >
 > Sounds German-ish to me, especially with that spelling.
 >
 > > or is it a one-word conlang made up for the show?
 >
 > My guess is it's just a made-up word.  I doubt that there's a conlang
 > behind it.

Hmmm, I'm not certain, but the word rings a bell.

I *believe* it is from the book "Gnomes" by Portviet (sp?), a large,
lavishly illustrated book in watercolor with large parts of the text
hand-written.  It basically lays out the entire culture of the
gnomes. There's a lot of Germanic/Slavic influences apparent in the
conculture.

Brook

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