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On 7/28/07, Rex May <rmay@hidden.email> wrote: > --- In ceqli@yahoogroups.com, "Jim Henry" <jimhenry1973@...> wrote: > > > > On 7/28/07, Rex May <rmay@...> wrote: > > > > > I like the phonological idea of changing intervocalic > > /g/ to /N/ in borrowed words. But why not try making > > a compound? Something like "public journal"? > > (I can't find words for "open" or "public", or for "secret", > > in your glossary.) > > First off, I'm wondering if 'blog' has become such a basic concept that it needs a root of its > own. Not sure. Anyhow, for 'secret,' I think 'tayno' from Russian, reversed to 'tonya' for > public, open in this sense. As for 'journal,' I already have jurnal for newspaper... Any > suggestions? I was thinking "journal" in the sense of "diary", for which you seem to have "dayri". I would suggest that "deyhon" is more transparent and no more syllables than "dayri". But "bloq" is a good deal shorter than "tonyadayri" or "tonyadeyhon". -- Jim Henry http://www.pobox.com/~jimhenry