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Discussion of "joi'au'a"
Comment #1:
Word choice
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Curtis W Franks (Fri Oct 16 21:24:16 2015)
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I chose this string of letters for the following reasons: 1) It is nonlogical connective of selma'o JOI; the first syllable makes this pretty clear. 2) It is, in a sense, a "mixing" or "collection" of options; joi sort of means something similar. 3) joi is monosyllabic; while I wanted to avoid having too few sounds in the word, I did not want needless .y'ys. 4) I wanted it to end with "-a" on its own so as to represent a conceptual relationship with .a ('AND/OR'); this connection is a lot like the one mentioned in item (2) for joi: this word means something rather like both of these connectives in a certain sense. 5) I did not want to use up prime cmavo real-estate/space, so I through in an additional diphthongal syllable for good measure; in due time, this word may be useful enough to warrant its relocation to a shorter word- but I did not want to take that initiative unilaterally without a test-drive first. Additionally, the length of the word forces a person to consider whether or not they really mean it; unfortunately, it can also discourage its use when it should actually be used.
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Comment #2:
Re: Word choice
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Curtis W Franks (Fri Oct 16 21:25:00 2015)
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krtisfranks wrote: > I chose this string of letters for the following reasons: > 1) It is nonlogical connective of selma'o JOI; the first syllable makes > this pretty clear. > 2) It is, in a sense, a "mixing" or "collection" of options; joi sort of > means something similar. > 3) joi is monosyllabic; while I wanted to avoid having too few sounds in > the word, I did not want needless .y'ys. > 4) I wanted it to end with "-a" on its own so as to represent a conceptual > relationship with .a ('AND/OR'); this connection is a lot like the one > mentioned in item (2) for joi: this word means something rather like both > of these connectives in a certain sense. > 5) I did not want to use up prime cmavo real-estate/space, so I through in > an additional diphthongal syllable for good measure; in due time, this word > may be useful enough to warrant its relocation to a shorter word- but I did > not want to take that initiative unilaterally without a test-drive first. > Additionally, the length of the word forces a person to consider whether or > not they really mean it; unfortunately, it can also discourage its use when > it should actually be used.
*threw in
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