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*'''"True men like you men"''' (''song'') The Memory of the Dead | *'''"True men like you men"''' (''song'') The Memory of the Dead | ||
| + | *'''toman:''' a hillock, a mound of earth; a Persian gold coin | ||
*'''led .. lol''': "red .. rose" | *'''led .. lol''': "red .. rose" | ||
**''Jespersen: An International Language'' 34: (of Volapük →[[vollapluck]]) 'the stem itself must always begin and end with a consonant. Accordingly Academy becomes kadem. R is avoided: fire is fil, and red led. As s is the sign of the plural, no word may end in s: rose is made into lol. As ne is the negative, such a word as necessity is clipped of its initial syllable, and becomes zesüd. Not even proper names get off scott-free: Italy is Täl and England Nelij (j is pronounced sh). Europe is Yulop, and the other continents... are made into Melop, Silop, Fikop and Talop respectively' | **''Jespersen: An International Language'' 34: (of Volapük →[[vollapluck]]) 'the stem itself must always begin and end with a consonant. Accordingly Academy becomes kadem. R is avoided: fire is fil, and red led. As s is the sign of the plural, no word may end in s: rose is made into lol. As ne is the negative, such a word as necessity is clipped of its initial syllable, and becomes zesüd. Not even proper names get off scott-free: Italy is Täl and England Nelij (j is pronounced sh). Europe is Yulop, and the other continents... are made into Melop, Silop, Fikop and Talop respectively' | ||
Latest revision as of 09:19, 19 January 2021
- "True men like you men" (song) The Memory of the Dead
- toman: a hillock, a mound of earth; a Persian gold coin
- led .. lol: "red .. rose"
- Jespersen: An International Language 34: (of Volapük →vollapluck) 'the stem itself must always begin and end with a consonant. Accordingly Academy becomes kadem. R is avoided: fire is fil, and red led. As s is the sign of the plural, no word may end in s: rose is made into lol. As ne is the negative, such a word as necessity is clipped of its initial syllable, and becomes zesüd. Not even proper names get off scott-free: Italy is Täl and England Nelij (j is pronounced sh). Europe is Yulop, and the other continents... are made into Melop, Silop, Fikop and Talop respectively'
