Re: Telficir

I have to agree about the word usage :-D

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-Greg
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From: "daniel andreasson" <danielandreasson@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 5:47 PM
Subject: Re: Telficir


> Greg Williams wrote:
>
> > Ha.... _danielyar_ comes from _Danielle_...my younger
> > sister's name. hehe... I have absolutely _no_ qualms
> > about borrowing words, especial changing people's names
> > into adjectives or noun.  One friend, Kelly, was described
> > to me by another as being overbearing at times, so now,
> > _kelliar_ means 'queen' and _kelliane_ means 'to rule/reign'.
> > I'm having too much fun with this. :)
>
> Aha. That's what I guessed. I did the same with my conlang
> Rinya some years ago. I guess I really should change the words
> for "love", etc. since it's someone else right now. :)
>
> OTOH, David Peterson's Megdevi is still called Megdevi (AFAIK)
> so I guess I could just let them be. :I
>
> AFAICR, I just had "nice" words. No words for annoying people.
> If I did the same today I know some good candidates for the
> more unpleasant words. Wait a minute. I *should* incorporate
> people's names into my new conlang.
>
> ::sneaks away, coming up with words to get back at those
> annoying people I have to put up with:: :)
>
> MWAHAHAHAHAAAA! ;)
>
> I guess in daily speech a word for "sneaky bastard" is MUCH
> more used than for instance "tree" or "dog" or "fish".
>
> Daniel Andreasson
>
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