ÊKYRN n. = squirrel animal. NL eekhoorn, DE Eichhörnchen, DA egern, NO ekorn, SV ekorre f. PG *îkwerna(n) with assimilation of 1st element to ÊK (oak). ...
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David Parke
parked71
Sep 10, 2006 1:28 pm
TUNNEL n. = tunnel, hollow underground passage, protected conveyance conduit through a mountain or under a body of water EN tunnel, NL tunnel, DE Tunnel, NO...
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David Parke
parked71
Sep 11, 2006 2:14 am
... Oops should be based on EN rue, NL rouwen, berouwen, DE reuen, bereuen....
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stefichjo
Sep 11, 2006 10:38 am
Nice be-word. I set it up like this: rye = to be sorry ry = the state of being sorry berye = to be sorry for something ("to apply the state of being sorry") Ik...
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David Parke
parked71
Sep 11, 2006 11:41 am
Take care with the English word "sorry", it is a great weasel word, since it can mean appologise, or merely regret. This is the kind of semantic pussy-footing...
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David Parke
parked71
Sep 12, 2006 6:42 am
... I've just discovered the NL has "barnsteen", so that means: BERNSTÊN n. = amber, fossilized pine tree resin NL barnsteen, DE Bernstein, SV bärnsten f....
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stefichjo
Sep 12, 2006 9:40 am
I will take this into account whenever I will have to appologise for commited war crimes. Thank you. I hope the "rye", "ry", "berye" system is clear, though? ...
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stefichjo
Sep 12, 2006 9:47 am
Just a curiosity: It occured to me that in at least three cases German has word pairs that seem to be switched in FS / English: DE nichts - FS niht - EN...
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David Parke
parked71
Sep 12, 2006 9:55 pm
... I don't understand this. DE nicht, NL niet, EN not. There's no final s on any of them. ... The -r in DE wer seems to be the same -r ending on pronouns that...
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David Parke
parked71
Sep 12, 2006 10:16 pm
I'm a little confused about you system, to tell you the truth. Could you try giving translations without using the word "sorry"? Like I said, "sorry" can be a...
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stefichjo
Sep 13, 2006 11:54 am
... Yes, this representation was confusing, I guess. I regret this, and I am sorry. Maybe this will help: nix "nothing, none," 1789, from Ger. nix, dial....
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stefichjo
Sep 13, 2006 12:33 pm
... "apologise". 'apologise' would be 'endskuldige' so far in my dialect. I don't see much difference between 'to feel sorry' and 'to regret', since 'sorry'...
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David Parke
parked71
Sep 13, 2006 9:45 pm
... My dialect word for "not", is "nejt", based on EN not, NL niet, DE nicht. The "j" is a token of the lost *h sound. My word for "nothing" is "nejts" which...
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stefichjo
Sep 14, 2006 12:10 pm
... from ... naught). ... case ... as "Abend" and ... Folksprak. ... I ... Yeah. Apparently "nix" comes from German. What about "naught", "nought" and "aught"?...
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David Parke
parked71
Sep 14, 2006 8:59 pm
... I'm not sure. Probably E stern would be FS starr -- based on EN stern, NL star, DE starr. I think EN also has "star" as an adjective (could be rare, i'll...
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David Parke
parked71
Sep 17, 2006 12:55 am
BERNSTÊN n. = amber, fossilized pine tree resin NL barnsteen, DE Bernstein, SV bärnsten f. LG börn (burn cognate to BRENNE) + stên HARC n. = resin NL hars,...
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folkspraak@yahoogroup...
Sep 17, 2006 1:10 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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caenwyr
Sep 18, 2006 5:50 pm
have we reached an agreement about "please" yet?...
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David Parke
parked71
Sep 19, 2006 6:59 am
There don't seem to be any serious objections to "wes so gôd" (be so good). So I would say that was about as good a reaching an agreement that you will find...
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stefichjo
Sep 19, 2006 7:43 am
I agree with you, David. This is our way of agreement. Since my "so" in Folksprak is "sa", my Folksprak version of your Folksprâk "wes so gôd" is "wes sa...
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stefichjo
Sep 19, 2006 7:51 am
BTW, David - I cannot find a word like EN "also" or DE "auch" in your Überlist. Is there any? Bye, Stephan ... (be so ... that ... another...
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David Parke
parked71
Sep 19, 2006 8:16 am
It's definitely there. Its "oek", found between "oejland" and "oer". (Substitute the "oe" with an oe ligature -- I can't seem to get this ligature to work with...
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stefichjo
Sep 20, 2006 6:35 am
I see! I forgot you often (always?) make PG *au to "oe". I have "ok". Do you have words like "oekso" and "allso" as well? (I cannot open the Überlist right...
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David Parke
parked71
Sep 20, 2006 9:06 am
PG *auk pretty much always becomes "oek" in my FS dialect. . There might be a few cases where *au is changed by i-mutation to "iu" (can't think of any though) ...
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Roly Sookias/Roley Su...
xipirho
Sep 28, 2006 1:17 pm
Hallo. Hu ga et mid iu? Endschuldiging ik hav nit hir schraiven for so lang en taid. Ik will schraive, aver ik fyr ik schall hav nit fel/mykk taid in uni (ik...
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David Parke
parked71
Sep 28, 2006 9:17 pm
Roly! Ett is goud tou houre fran di upniew. Ik fürchted dat hadde wi ferlüsd di. In wilk universität studer du? On' wat studer du? Ik ha minder tÿd als...
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Knutson
asm.knut@...
Sep 28, 2006 9:41 pm
E denke dat id es time dat da Folkspraak folk se bestimt vi ein vant tu skribe e tale da sprak. Hir es ein prosess unendelig e nix es produsirt. Time to end da...
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Roly Sookias/Roley Su...
xipirho
Sep 28, 2006 10:35 pm
Hu de Tiudischers sag (oder magwes nit!) - "Na ja, und?" ... vant tu ... produsirt. ... På ... ein ... for ... witt...
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Roly Sookias/Roley Su...
xipirho
Sep 28, 2006 10:42 pm
Heheh. Ik tenk iu schall nimmer mi foll ferlese! Ik studer in de universitet av Cambridge in de saud-ost av England end ik studer Biologi (Natural...
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stefichjo
Sep 29, 2006 12:55 pm
Hallo lyden! Ik hav oversettet som text fra The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Ju mag finde dat her: ...
