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9754
Jo. Ig (!) giss du hav recht, aver de hirkomft av de /k/ laud fron ald germaisch et cetera iss nit so reglig ov man hav /g/. Aver ja, et iss en better men-typ....
Roly Sookias/Roley Su...
xipirho
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Nov 1, 2006
1:48 pm
9755
Wat word brauk wi for "left"?!?! Ig giss fel menschen hav dat hir fragd, aver ig kann nit erinne. "link(s)" iss magwes best for et iss in tydisch end...
Roly Sookias/Roley Su...
xipirho
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Nov 1, 2006
1:54 pm
9756
En frag - warfor hav Skandi (ig witt nit ov all de tungs hav et so) "i" for "in"!?!? Et iss magwes de ENLIG indo-europaisch (oder west-europaisch...
Roly Sookias/Roley Su...
xipirho
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Nov 1, 2006
2:15 pm
9757
Hi Cham, "ig" was my first approach for "I", too, for same reasons that you pointed out. But... In Berlin we say "ick", too. :-) And in German and English for...
stefichjo
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Nov 1, 2006
2:32 pm
9758
"see out" doesn't exist in English (in this sence). "to see something out" means "to last until the end of something", according to my dictionary (ALD). ...
stefichjo
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Nov 1, 2006
2:35 pm
9759
(Ik skolled hav skrivet "loerne", endskuldigung.) Ik kenn Gemönsprak nuh nihts. Is dar en grammatic over het? Ik rad at loerne min dialect, naturlik, alls ik...
stefichjo
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Nov 1, 2006
2:35 pm
9760
Hi Eugenius, Is that a common saying? (... macht alle Tschechen klein)? Never heard of that. My Sprachgefühl doesn't tell me so, though. What about...
stefichjo
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Nov 1, 2006
2:38 pm
9761
Hi Roly, God ond enfald! Aver ik gern ne skrivungen lik "ai" and "sch", aver "i" and "sk", aver dat is minner en problem. Groeten, Stephan...
stefichjo
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Nov 1, 2006
2:41 pm
9762
... http://www.members.lycos.co.uk/rsookias/myfolksprak.html . Et giv en oder two tings nu dé ik tenk ar...
stefichjo
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Nov 1, 2006
2:43 pm
9763
Fram http://de.wikibooks.org/wiki/Folksprak/_Wortschatz # liht < lnht/linght < lenkht, lingkht-az (DE leicht)(EN light)(DA let) [-nkh-] * link < lnk [!]...
stefichjo
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Nov 1, 2006
2:47 pm
9764
Ja... fremmed! Okso in Sindarin "in" werd to "i". :) Stephan...
stefichjo
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Nov 1, 2006
2:47 pm
9765
En grammatic over Gemönsprak is noh nit fertig. Ik will mahe en "simpel" grammatic geleik as Afrikaans ond Southgerman "Umgangssprak". But the vocabulary...
eugeniusz.slowik
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Nov 1, 2006
5:17 pm
9766
Hi Cham ond Stephan, in the upper German dialects they just use i: i? i net. Ik bin keen Berliner doch ik mag ik. Eugeniusx...
eugeniusz.slowik
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Nov 1, 2006
5:25 pm
9767
"chen und lein machen alle Dinge klein" Haus > Häuschen; Maus ... Before the the secession of Czechoslovakia Czechia was called Tschechai, never Tschechien....
eugeniusz.slowik
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Nov 1, 2006
7:41 pm
9768
Ahoy me hearties! I be thinking that "backbord" be the best word for this. Verily be it the most international and intergermanish. And I'll keel-haul any...
David Parke
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Nov 1, 2006
8:24 pm
9769
... "simpel" ... Hi Eugene (Eugeniusz), that sounds interesting. Keep it up. And don't forget to keep us up to date. ... What do you mean "upper German...
stefichjo
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Nov 1, 2006
8:49 pm
9770
... I really love these nautical expressions. I'm reading a book. Its title is "Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit", so "Discovering slowliness" or something...
stefichjo
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Nov 1, 2006
8:52 pm
9771
Dear Eugeniusx It's very good that you're willing to put your energy and creativity into Folksprak. But can I ask you a favour on behalf of this language?...
chamavian
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Nov 1, 2006
9:06 pm
9772
Avast there young scallywag! May I be as bold as to trouble thee as to the congnates in our own faiyre tonggue (OK, lapsing into 'mediaeval' now, sorry!),...
Roly Sookias/Roley Su...
xipirho
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Nov 1, 2006
9:38 pm
9773
... Well I was ironical about the keel-hauling. But I am more than half serious about using "backbord" for left. If you can see past the nautical aspect, it...
David Parke
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Nov 1, 2006
9:39 pm
9774
Kul. Jo ig giss man kund schraive "sk" ODER "sch" - de ungelaikhed iss nit grot, end et iss gelaik "w" ODER "v". Mid "i" et iss nit so enfald doch. Iss nit de...
Roly Sookias/Roley Su...
xipirho
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Nov 1, 2006
9:42 pm
9775
...oder "et fyl (mi) gud (tu mi)", "et se gud aut". Oder wi kund brauke all de verbs hu englisch END "see" ok - "dat se gud" = that looks good, "dat se gudlig"...
Roly Sookias/Roley Su...
xipirho
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Nov 1, 2006
9:49 pm
9776
In fact, *backboard is no longer in English, although cognates to the word are used in a nautical context in Dutch, German and Scandinavian and numerous...
David Parke
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Nov 1, 2006
10:32 pm
9777
Dear Chamavian! I do not want to invent a new Folksprak, "my" Gemönsprak will "only" be a everyday language of Folksprak. As a Slovio-nik -I do not like copy ...
eugeniusz.slowik
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Nov 1, 2006
10:39 pm
9778
Stephan: What do you mean "upper German dialects"? Well, there are German dialects, for example bavarian, that use "i". "I mog di" means "Ich mag dich" in...
eugeniusz.slowik
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Nov 1, 2006
10:40 pm
9779
... I was interested to discover that there is an alternative inter-slavic language being developed called "Slavianski". Judging by their forum, it seems to be...
David Parke
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Nov 1, 2006
11:11 pm
9780
"Slovianski" sorry. Not news to you I see Eugene. It's interesting to see the exact same arguments on the Slovianski forum as with FS: Trying to balance...
David Parke
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Nov 2, 2006
2:46 am
9781
I have just found out that Swedish has "tyckas" which means "seem". I'm now more convinced that "tynke" should be in FS. I'm not sure of the exact syntax for...
David Parke
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Nov 2, 2006
4:33 am
9782
I'd say: "tynke" is a potential FS because several source languages have a cognate. But is it a really necessary verb? In Dutch it's hardly used, the...
chamavian
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Nov 2, 2006
5:40 am
9783
Spasiba pazxalsta Eugeniusx! I'm happy that you don't want to invent a new FS... but I don't understand what you mean by an everyday language of FS, priatel. ...
chamavian
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Nov 2, 2006
5:55 am
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