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On 6/12/06, Benct Philip Jonsson <melroch@hidden.email> wrote:
I usually just say "make". "Made up" sounds at least
to my non-native ears like "forged" or "not real".
Peter Collier skrev:
> with regard to anything a posteriori, I always think
> "extrapolate" - since you're starting from a known
> point and applying regular changes to arrive at a
> hypothetical result.
>
> For a priori, "make up" seems quite succint, if a
> little unglamorous....
>
>
> Pete C.
>
> --- Scotto Hlad <scott.hlad@hidden.email> wrote:
>
>
>>Do we have a conlanging word that means specifically
>>"to create a word and
>>place it in the lexicon?" I always feel that the
>>word "create" falls short
>>as in the case of my main conglang opus right now, I
>>have parent language to
>>work with. Perhaps the definition may have to even
>>be specific to a priori
>>and a posteriori languages. The pharse "make up"
>>feels to general as one
>>"makes up" many different things. If the word does
>>not exist, what
>>suggestions do you have?
>>
>>I feel that something akin to "lexicate" may work.
>>
>>Ideas, suggestions??
>>Scotto
>
--
/BP 8^)>
--
Benct Philip Jonsson -- melroch at melroch dot se
"Maybe" is a strange word. When mum or dad says it
it means "yes", but when my big brothers say it it
means "no"!
(Philip Jonsson jr, age 7)
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