Re: A request from a non-conlanger

Thanks! I've been forwarding these to her, but haven't heard back yet.=20
I've also figured out how to say shit in Kelen:
The word is s=E1ng, as in:
ja s=E1ng 'a piece of shit,excrement'
ne s=E1ng 'lots of shit'
an s=E1ng ' a pile of shit'

Add this to the word n=E1pie which means too much or too many in the negativ=
e
sense:
ja s=E1ng n=E1pie 'a bloated piece of shit'
ne s=E1ng n=E1pie 'too much shit'
an s=E1ng n=E1pie 'a towering pile of organized shit' kind of like=
 management.


At 09:37 10/11/1999 -0400, you wrote:
>Sylvia Sotomayor scripsit:
>
>> So, how to name a team after bullshit in your or
>> any language?
>
>People seem to be responding to this request with neutral terms for
>"excrement", neglecting the derogative flavor of English "shit"
>(as opposed to "manure", which is the same thing, but given a positive
>spin).
>
>In Lojban, the word "mabla" (or in combining form "mal-") makes anything
>a derogative, so:
>
>        nakybakykemymalkalci
>        male-bovine type of derogative-excrement
>
>The stress is penultimate, and "y" is pronounced schwa.  No, it isn't
>short: Lojban is meant to be unambiguous (with qualifications), not
>necessarily terse.
>
>Do other conlangs have general derogatives?  Lojban also has a
>general favorable-connotation marker, so that anything can be
>marked positive or negative.
>
>--
>John Cowan                                   cowan@ccil.org
>       I am a member of a civilization. --David Brin
>=20
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