Re: Relay page back up

--- In conlang@y..., Irina Rempt <irina@V...> wrote:
> On Tuesday 02 April 2002 15:01, Christian wrote:
>
> > Oopsie!  I even suspected that it could be another language, since
> > the visual image of the Old Hyksos didn't fit the pleasant Latinesque
> > picture I used to have from Valdyan.
>
> "Latinesque"? <boggle> Must be the transcription.
It definitely has that ordered civilized look that most conlangs lack
due to ugly consonant clusters or abundant diacritics.  I didn't mean
Latin in particular; Greek and Quenya have that same air of orderly
majesty.


> > Still, for some reason
> > unfathomable I decided to stick to my prejudice that Irina = Valdya.
> > ;-)
>
> There is no such thing as Valdya.
>
> The country is called Valdyas, the river it's called after is the
> Valda, the language is Ilaini "the languages", the adjective in English
> is "Valdyan". *Please*, if you insist on keeping your prejudice, adjust
> your spelling :-)
I'm not attached to my prejudices.  I probably should call them
ignorances anyway.  ;-)

And I know how misspellings can be painful. I've been involved
with a computer game including the three alien strands Igadzra,
Zidagar and Azdgari (all acronyms).  You wouldn't believe the
abominations some careless players do to these names when referring
to them on a messageboard!


> I haven't actually tried that (hard to try, too; Ilaini doesn't
> have reasonable terms for "software" and "computer", and I don't
> really have time to think about those now). This is, as Christophe
> pointed out, Old Hyksos, and it's *meant* for spells.
That's why I used a direct translation of "soft ware" in Jovian.
You might recognize |mers moelle| as a Jovianised version of Latin
|merx mollis| "soft merchandise".  ;-)


> You tell me you want to join it and I'll put you on the list
> for mass subscription (in fact I've just done so).
Cool, thanx.  Is there a message archive somewhere?  And when is the
next relay expected to launch?


-- Christian Thalmann

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