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on 4/10/04 10:20 AM, Christopher Moody at christophermoody@hidden.email wrote: > I, for one, like "gra" from the Greek. It has a natural relationship with > an already existing word: "gram", meaning mail. Mail (in most of the world) > is still text-based writing so I feel there is a logic to it. "gra" appeals to me for the same reasons. Of course, "pen" can remain as the verb for "use a pen" -- to write or draw. > > Alternatively, consider "text" as a source word... How about "tek"? There > didn't seem to be any other words presently starting with tek, so this will > not overlap in the existing morpheme-space. > The "tek" won't work because it violates the nCnV morpheme-shape, but the idea of it as a source word is interesting. Text, in English, is communication in visual form -- written, typed, carved, whatever. "tal" means 'to communicate', and I can't think of an elegant way to derive 'text' from it. "xawtalxo", 'visual communcation' is too broad. It would include smoke signals and hand gestures. Possible words for text: kula - Hindi kimeno - Greek jeqwen - Mandarin -- Rex F. May (Baloo) Daily cartoon at: http://www.cnsnews.com/cartoon/baloo.asp Buy my book at: http://www.kiva.net/~jonabook/book-GesundheitDummy.htm