I was unsuccessful in adding something to the bottom of the last message. Here it is: 'I have no intention of beginning a _flamewar_ or anthing like that. I am...
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Andrew Jarrette
anjarrette
Jun 4, 2008 3:12 am
... Maybe it is not my place to say anything on this topic, as I am aware that your quarrel is mainly with Ingmar, but may I say that although I never...
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David Parke
parked71
Jun 4, 2008 4:35 am
Elle, if your family's language is genuine that it most definitely needs to be preserved. For one thing it seems to be living fossil, preserving features that...
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chamavian
Jun 4, 2008 9:04 am
Sorry, I can understand you feel personally attacked. I admit my tone was too rude, that wasn't nice of me. My apologies for that Elle. The language you showed...
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Jan-Willem Benjamins
benjaminsjw
Jun 4, 2008 9:50 am
Cheer up, Elle As a long-time (but mostly silent) member of this group, I know that this type of discussion flares up every now and then. Some people have very...
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David Parke
parked71
Jun 4, 2008 2:31 pm
I just had a new idea for a plural indefinite article, used where English would use "some", How about "aff" or whatever you think the FS version of this should...
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Peter Collier
peter21691
Jun 4, 2008 3:18 pm
Within the constraints of the language's 'raison d'etre' [;)] I personally would shy away from a Romance-based construct where there is a Germanic equivalent. ...
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chamavian
Jun 4, 2008 3:34 pm
Here an answer from a Dutch speaker: I'd say, use: "enig" enig folk, enig autos, enig appels... Dutch has "enig", German has "einig" etc. and Scandy probably...
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chamavian
Jun 4, 2008 3:36 pm
Btw: in French it's "quelques";, not de: Je mange quelques pommes = I eat some apples Je mange des pommes = I eat apples (des = plur. of de) ... be?...
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Andrew Jarrette
anjarrette
Jun 4, 2008 8:34 pm
... Could you, Elle, or Ingmar or someone else please direct me to the link/site where Elle's "Pater Noster" in Aldsprak is found? Would love to see a...
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Andrew Jarrette
anjarrette
Jun 4, 2008 11:14 pm
... Just realized I contradicted myself with respect to my earlier statement that "I never suspected that you fabricated this language". Well, at the time I...
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chamavian
Jun 5, 2008 5:51 am
You'll find it here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Middelsprake/ Elle's message of May 30 Ingmar ... tone ... three ... would ... dialects ... things ... was ...
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David Parke
parked71
Jun 5, 2008 9:03 am
Thanks for the suggestions, my proposal was a bit half-arsed (it was 2 in the morning). I wasn't aware of the NL or SV cognates to EN some. I'm doubtful about...
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Andrew Jarrette
anjarrette
Jun 5, 2008 3:34 pm
... Based on what I saw of the Aldsprak Pater Noster, I would say, as Elle says in that message, that her family has maintained a Low German dialect but have...
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'Elle Müller&...
ellemueller_de
Jun 5, 2008 3:38 pm
Andrew wrote: Maybe it is not my place to say anything on this topic, as I am aware that your quarrel is mainly with Ingmar, but may I say that although I ...
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'Elle Müller&...
ellemueller_de
Jun 5, 2008 4:40 pm
... lol That's hilarious. I take you seriously, but it is funny too - my silly sense of humour, I suppose. I will start using that word - 'Urheimat' if the...
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'Elle Müller&#...
ellemueller_de
Jun 5, 2008 6:14 pm
WARNING! This post contains ridiculous spellings that are bo NO means FULLY inclusive of all the possible phonetic representations of ...
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'Elle Müller&...
ellemueller_de
Jun 5, 2008 6:46 pm
... of ... of ... language". ... that ... of ... Andrew - don't worry, I understand, and slightly contradict myself via omission by mistake sometimes myself. ...
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'Elle Müller&#...
ellemueller_de
Jun 5, 2008 6:57 pm
benjaminsjw SPEAKS! lol Thanks. Although, I don't know that it SHOULD be called 'aldsprak'... I just latched onto the idea. There are a few different ways of...
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chamavian
Jun 5, 2008 8:49 pm
Elle, I'm really beginning to like you... You seem real nice. And I'm beginning to regret that I gave you a hard time about well you know. Not that I think I...
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folkspraak@yahoogroup...
Jun 7, 2008 9:48 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the folkspraak group. File :...
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David Parke
parked71
Jun 26, 2008 4:12 am
This is an idea of what to do with the STEMS of nouns, adjectives and verbs that end in an unstresssed schwa vowel and have suffixes applied to them. This...
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David Parke
parked71
Jun 27, 2008 1:40 am
I just thought of an EXTREME example of suffix agglutination. Dashes added between suffixs to aid comprehension SILVER n. = silver (material noun) SILVER-EN a....
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cfsbhyhs
Jun 28, 2008 1:46 am
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Jul 12, 2008 2:06 pm
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Chris
meinnw
Jul 29, 2008 12:50 pm
Hei Folks, first I'd like to introduce me, I'm Chris, a student of linguistics, living in Germany Altough I'm a noobly-new subscriber to this board, I'v...
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Nightvid F. Cole
nightvid2
Jul 29, 2008 1:37 pm
The only problem I can see is if the meaning of the prefix is inconsistent. In English, the Online Etymology Dictionary says it can "...have just about any...
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David Parke
parked71
Jul 30, 2008 9:07 am
I pretty much agree wholly with Nightvid on this. There are plenty of be- words in all the germanic languages. Some but not all have counterparts without the...
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chamavian
Jul 30, 2008 8:51 pm
Hei Chris, Welkomme in de werld af de kunstlig Germanisch sprake! Dat is altiid good to see nue folk dat interessere sig. Du fragede warfor wi bruke nik "be-"...
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Chris
meinnw
Jul 31, 2008 7:36 am
Hei, Takk for alle Welkomm, en diine answorde (<- as made up as could be ;) I gave the issue a second thought, and finally have to agree with all of you. ...
