Subject: Re: month names

From: "Alfred W. Tueting (Tüting)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 16:57:58 -0000

--- In [email-masked], pycyn@a... wrote:

> Well, actually {la .oktobr} makes a lot of sense. As ivan points
> out, numbered months are ambiguous, depending on calendar
> involved...

Oh yes, of course! Still, China uses her ancient terms "yi yue, er yue... =
shier yue" also with reference to the Western solar 
calendar.

> (I don't even discount uudz kale katunob).

Wo bu dong - zhe shi shenmo??? :( .i .ue.uanai .u'ecai do cusku ma

> the"oneday", "twoday"... patterns seems more
> universalizable than any "sunday","moonday",
> "thundergodday" or whatever pattern.

As you mention those ancient Germanic gods: my own surname infact derives f=
rom that one naming tuesday (Tiu/Ziu - the old 
scandinavian wargod), or a Ting-place dedicated to him respectively :) (oh =
-the smiley doesn't mean that this is not the truth!)

> Anything is okay in cmene. But it may be better to abbreviate
> {masti} to {mast.}, for even better recognisability.

Yes, thanks (to Ivan)!
What do you think about {la pezyfalmast.} - the "schwa" inserted indicates=
that not anything is allowed in cmene :(
(I remember Robin's "English" months names with lots of rain & wind involve=
d - this one seems *much* better ;-)

Alfred *¯¿s
_________

•_§§¥H Cold in the North

§@§Ë*¬*"§T§Ëµµ Black sheen on one, / purpl' on each other side.
*¿™e¶B¶X**¿s¶* The Yellow Stream - all ice, / so fish and dragon di=
ed.
§T§ÿ§Ï•÷¬_§Â*z Tree barks, three foot - a script / of frost-cracked=
runes.
¶ •€±j®Æ§W™e§Ù Hundreds of hundredweights - /cartloads on waters r=
ide.

¡˜™·ØÛ§W§j¶pø· Frostwork aground - big coins / of silvery bloom.
¥ß§M§£§J*g¿€§— Sword's blow will never wound / the dark sky's misty=
gloom.
™ßÙ]Æ¸§Ù***‚*Ÿ Vying river and sea - / ice floes in roaring flight.=

§s¬rµL¡n•…*iƒa A silent waterfall so still: / rainbowfrom jasper s=
pume.

(Li Ho, tr. A.W. Tueting - http://www.fa-kuan.muc.de/LIHODB.RXML)