Re: sending mail to the list

--- Christophe Grandsire
<christophe.grandsire@...> wrote:
> En réponse ESuomenkieliMaa <suomenkieli@...>:
>
> > Hello everyone!
> >
>
> Welcome!
>
> > This is my first time to the list, I'm a
> new-comer.
> > Just a quick 'hi' to introduce myself, and to say
> that
> > I'm glad there are other people interested in
> creating
> > languages (as I thought I was the only one with
> such a
> > unique hobby).  I just hope I haven't sent to the
> > wrong place - the rules to this CongLang list are
> > enough to think you're learning a new language!
> >
>
> You mean the mail you receive when you sign in?
> Don't be afraid, most of the
> features it describes we almost never use them.
>
> > In the future, I hope to ask for advice on
> something
> > I'm concocting called "Vya:a:h" (cultural
> background
> > pending too) which is a bit of a spin-off language
> of
> > Finnish (esp. the Finn "a:" and "y") yet with its
> own
> > character system like Cambodia; and holding lots
> of
> > logically-formed, but beautiful-sounding consonant
> > clusters like Polish.
> >
>
> Finnish with Polish-like consonnant clusters...
> Yummy! :) Anyway, please share
> what you have about Vya:a:h (what a name :) ).
>
> Christophe.
>
> http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr
Christophe - bonjour! hyyva: voa!

Thanks for the welcome, much appreciated.  Just to let
you know, the name "Vya:a:h" would be the closest
Romanized form of the actual name in Vya:a:hn script.
The name, by the way, is not pronounced "vi-a" either.
 If you know Finnish, you know "y" is like the "ew" of
the English word "Jew" and "a:" (which is actual "a"
with the diaersis or umlaut above it) is like the
American/Midwest pronunciation of the "a" of the
English name "Abbey".  Hence, it is called "v-ew-a".
The second "a:" indicates to lengthen the sound for
pronunciation beauty, and the final "h" indicates a
little puff of air to be exhaled.  I love long vowels,
not so much to differentiate between words like
Japanese does, but rather just for simple aesthetics.
My Finnish friend always cringes whenever I tell her
my favorite Finnish word "va:a:risa:a:rinen" (which
means "bow-legged" I believe).

Matt


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