... Yes, witch/wizard are wonderful, short, handy germanic words, but Ido is not a germanic language. If anything it is a simplified romanic language, with a...
... A sorcerer. Not longer than sorcero. Why has this word survived? ... The Spanish don't have to talk really quickly to keep up with the meaning, they are...
Michael Talbot-Wilson
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Jun 1, 2003 10:26 am
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... Is there something unhappy about "quik"? To me it is a happy thing to find that Ido has this one-syllable word, corresponding to a five- syllable English...
Michael Talbot-Wilson
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Jun 1, 2003 10:54 am
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Kara Mike 'quik' is a pet hate of mine. If it is supposed to be based on E 'quick', then it doesnt have the right meaning, because 'immediately' is not the...
Kara Neil Although I would recommend Dyer's English-Ido dictionary, his Ido-English dictionary is even more valuable because it serves to define the meanings...
Kara Paul Unfortunately the Book Service is not contactable by phone. The only way currently to communicate with the proprietor is by (snail) mail. If you...
... yea, you're right! sorry. ... probably true! i think it might also be the case that the germanic (or at least english and german) vowels make it harder to...
... immediately -- Lu dispersis le superba kordie. Lu destronizis la potenti ed elevis la humili. La hungrantin Lu plenigis de bonaji e la richin Lu forigis...
Michael Talbot-Wilson
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Jun 1, 2003 6:47 pm
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why was that chosen? On Sunday, Jun 1, 2003, at 19:47 Europe/London, Michael Talbot-Wilson...
... In general, Ido uses a final "e" to denote the adverbs. Perhaps these could be called derived adverbs. There is some root, and we derive an adverb by...
Michael Talbot-Wilson
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... dunno -- Lu dispersis le superba kordie. Lu destronizis la potenti ed elevis la humili. La hungrantin Lu plenigis de bonaji e la richin Lu forigis...
Michael Talbot-Wilson
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Jun 1, 2003 7:25 pm
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... Not in Ido. But Jespersen in Novial did employ the method you suggest. Kordiale, James Chandler idojc@... http://www.geocities.com/idojc - IALs...
Kara Mike It is not the lack of final -e that I object to, it is the fact that it is based on a word in one language which does not mean the same thing. 'ja'...
... I don't think you need to. The language is itself. It doesn't need to be justified by reference to other languages. But if one were to try for all that,...
Michael Talbot-Wilson
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Jun 2, 2003 7:31 am
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seriously?! wow - i must be a lingusistic genius then! :-)...
Is it possible to have my address removed from the mailing list? Thank you, jenn ... _________________________________________________________________ Add...
jennifer finlayson
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Jun 2, 2003 6:35 pm
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... Thanks for the advice; however to translate out of Ido I've found a massive (I think larger than Dyer?) Ido-French dictionary which should serve nicely....
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Jun 4, 2003 9:42 am
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Kara Neil, As promised here are a couple of sample entries from Dyer's Ido-English. krimin-ar: (intr.) to commit a crime; -o: crime (such as treason, murder, ...
Dear Idists, Like James Chandler I think that the word "quik" is both ill-chosen and misleading.. The dictionaries of Pesch and Dyer both say that "quik" is...
... I like your suggestion of "strax", but I really think it is too late. Whatever some English-speakers think about "quik" it is frequently and comfortably...
Michael Talbot-Wilson
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Jun 5, 2003 2:03 pm
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... Me absolute konkordas kun Michael Talbot-Wilson, ke on devas aceptar linguo quale ol es, inkluzanta olua vorti kun kelke (ma nur kelke) diferanta signifiko...
Kar Amiki, Does the Ido phoneme `n' posess the allophone `ng' (velar nasal) when it precedes another velar sound? For example, consider the word "danko"....
Kara David That's an excellent question. The answer is Yes, the /n/ phoneme in Ido does possess an allophone [N] which is optional before /g/ or /k/. So it...
Dear David, ... No. Unless some official decision was made to introduce such a pronunciation after Dyer's Ido-English dictionary and the KGD were published....
Michael Talbot-Wilson
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Jun 8, 2003 7:54 am
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... Speaking in general terms, it seems perfectly possible and in fact inevitable that it has sounds not explicitly defined by authoritative sources since...
How does one say "butterfly" in Ido? Is there any listing online of vocabulary that includes words for birds?^_^ Thanks! --Adam "Walking around with your...
... The IPA is not used in the definitions. Perhaps Otto Jespersen and Jan Baudouin de Courtenay were not totally naive in such matters (I certainly am), but...
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