... What is the problem with double vowels? I mean, German has it, Dutch has it, Scandinavian has it (and English not, because English spelling is quite...
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cburd@...
Sep 6, 2001 4:31 pm
... of written ... Folkspraak's use ... with at ... waters. ... preference for ... sounds. I'd ... (oo) as the ... similar ... representations. If our...
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cburd@...
Sep 6, 2001 4:34 pm
... Dutch has it, Scandinavian has it (and English not, because English spelling is quite strange, Germans would write the word 'quite' as 'kweit', and Dutch'...
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bribri56@...
Sep 7, 2001 3:45 am
The unnecessary ugliness of Internet Esperanto is one reason that I'd prefer to see us stick to the 26 standard letters. I have international keyboard mappings...
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bribri56@...
Sep 7, 2001 6:08 am
In a message dated 9/5/01 11:49:01 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ... Vowel combinations are fine, and enrich the sound of the language, and have the practical...
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The Keenans
makeenan@...
Sep 7, 2001 10:21 pm
... Yes, I was into Esperanto for a while. I have to say that when I see these esperanto work arounds I hit the delete button. I hope when or if we present...
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Daan Goedkoop
dgoedkoop@...
Sep 8, 2001 9:10 am
... I agree with this. Think about Esperanto "ecxo"...? On the other hand, I have found out that an "interlanguage" does not need to be completely regular......
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Levi der Eroberer
spizzgat@...
Sep 16, 2001 4:18 am
... of written ... Folkspraak's use ... issues with at ... waters. ... preference for ... sounds. I'd ... (oo) as the ... distinguish similar ... ...
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Levi der Eroberer
spizzgat@...
Sep 16, 2001 4:30 am
... issues ... distinguish ... with ... I support the idea of putting umlaut sounds in the language. The sound show up in Dutch, German, Norwegian, Danish,...
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spizzgat@...
Sep 16, 2001 4:59 am
... I don't know...it seems kind of redundant. My personal opinion is that either VC or V:C should be written as VC. Why have VVC and VCC but no VC?...
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Daan Goedkoop
dgoedkoop@...
Sep 16, 2001 11:47 am
... First of all: note that a German ö/oe sounds really different than a Dutch oe. The German ö is eu in Dutch, the Dutch oe is u in German... About the...
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Daan Goedkoop
dgoedkoop@...
Sep 16, 2001 11:50 am
... therefore, I suggest: VC as VCC full V:C as VVC spraak VCV as VCCV fulle V:CV as VVCV spraake...
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cburd@...
Sep 17, 2001 4:00 pm
... I agree on using this at least for the development stage. We shouldn't get caught up on essentially superficial points like orthography. When FS reaches...
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Levi der Eroberer
spizzgat@...
Sep 18, 2001 5:59 am
What are the stress rules of Folkspraak? The most obvious way to resolve this would be to have default first-syllable stress, with exceptions for certain...
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Daan Goedkoop
dgoedkoop@...
Sep 18, 2001 1:26 pm
... Sounds good. Note: Some prefixes you write the same could have different stresses: ver/SPRING/en - (the indicator ...) to spring/leap/change ...
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Thomas Martin Widmann
viralbus@...
Sep 18, 2001 2:59 pm
... Yes. Initial stress should be the general rule. ... All Germanic languages distinguish separable and inseparable compound verbs/phrasal verbs, but they...
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Daan Goedkoop
dgoedkoop@...
Sep 18, 2001 3:21 pm
... even better, since Dutch 'opzuigen' literally means 'up-suck-en'. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Daan Goedkoop
dgoedkoop@...
Sep 20, 2001 7:01 am
I am very sorry to say this, but it will be impossible to create a language that could be understand (correctly) by all Germanic people. That is because many...
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cburd@...
Sep 24, 2001 5:31 pm
... language that could be understand (correctly) by all Germanic people. Your point is valid, but I think you're being excessively gloomy about its...
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abrigon@...
Sep 28, 2001 8:20 am
Dutch Fabrik is likely related to the original origin of Fabric, not as a product, but how it was made, or the act of making. To fabricate it. So what words...
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Mike Adams
abrigon@...
Oct 1, 2001 4:24 am
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ogneslav
Oct 16, 2001 4:50 pm
Hi, I am a new member here. I am mostly interested in Slavic linguistics, but also in other Indo-European languages. Now I am engaged in how the sounds changed...
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Daan Goedkoop
daangoedkoop
Oct 17, 2001 8:07 am
This site is about Dutch, but there also are sound changes from Indo-European to the Germanic to... ...
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Bill Courson
williamcourson
Nov 20, 2001 2:14 am
Hello everybody! I just wanted to introduce myself to the group inasmuch as I've just signed on as a member. My name is Bill Courson, I'm a 48-year-old male...
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Jan-Willem Benjamins
benjaminsjw
Nov 20, 2001 12:56 pm
Welcome! There has been a severe drought in this group for the last couple of months, so I was pleasantly surprised to find four mails by you. Too bad that...
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William Courson
williamcourson
Nov 20, 2001 3:47 pm
Montclair, New Jersey USA November 20, 2001 Good day, Jan-Willem! So good to hear from you, and yes, I've interested a couple of personal acquaintances in...
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Dan Dawes
dawes@...
Nov 20, 2001 7:41 pm
Welcome Bill, We need an anthologist to get something started. To date we have had a number of lexicographers, but it takes more than words to breath life...
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William Courson
williamcourson
Nov 20, 2001 11:26 pm
Hi, all! Thanks for your kind words of encouragement! I took my lunch hour at my desk today and - just fooling around - set up a little webpage on Geocities ...
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The Keenans
makeenan
Nov 21, 2001 12:43 am
... Welcome Bill! The verb to be is 'Aren' at least that's what I've been using. You may have noticed that Folkspraak is in a state of flux. At the present...
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Ari Reyes
ariues
Nov 21, 2001 12:43 am
Ahh... so there is life still on this list?! Very cool. Bill, what's the link for that Geocities page? I'm very interested in the anthology/chrestomathy...
