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Re: A request from a non-conlanger

From:Sylvia Sotomayor <sylvia1@...>
Date:Monday, October 11, 1999, 14:32
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
Sylvia Sotomayor sylvia1@ix.netcom.com http://pw2.netcom.com/~sylvia1/