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So what was wrong with "coin" again? On 6/12/06, Eric Christopherson <rakko@hidden.email> wrote:
On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 02:19:25PM +0200, Benct Philip Jonsson wrote: > I usually just say "make". "Made up" sounds at least > to my non-native ears like "forged" or "not real". Same to my native ears. > > 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) > > > > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > romconlang-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > -- r a k k o at c h a r t e r dot n e t To unsubscribe, send an email to: romconlang-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links
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