For completeness' sake, the Irish and Scottish Gaelic (the closest languages to Manx) cognates are both capall (though the ScG has undergone a bit of sense narrowing, so it just refers to colts now - the normal word being each, which is also valid in Irish). The Welsh, ceffyl as qroqqa mentions, is also cognate, obviously, but I'm not aware of a cognate in the other two Brythonic languages, Breton and Cornish; the usual words are marc'h and margh respectively (and Welsh has march). If anyone knows of cognates, I'd be interested.
As for "gaffran", yarb, I don't know it and neither does my Welsh dictionary. The plural of gafr is geifr.
“The dictionary proper incorporated often very substantial notes about words on whose pronunciations opinions were divided, frequently quoting a dozen or so other “orthoepists�? (an awkward, now fortunately largely discarded, word offered as pronounced /`ɔ�?θəʊepɪsts/ etc by the dictionaries) in doing so.�? Jack Windsor Lewis, in the blog entry “John Walker�? (2009-4-18).
It's a character, originally formed as a Greek ligature, (formerly?) used for (different) vowel sounds in a couple of languages. More information, as always, at the Wikipedia link.
Coined on the model of placebo from the Latin nocēre, "to hurt", (related to, for example, noxious and obnoxious).
“Cannon’s analysis of ‘Voodoo Death’ allows us to think the affect of bioterrorism in terms of what we could call ‘nocebos’, the dark twin of a ‘placebo’ … the fear which issues from the negative statement, or hex, attains a reality more powerful than the actual threat. In contemporary medicine, there is much made of the increased likelihood of succumbing to illness if verbal suggestions of susceptibility are emphasized…�? Luciana Parisi & Steve Goodman, The Affect of Nanoterror
“Drexciya are esoterrorists. "Mommy, what's an esoterrorist?" Something, or someone who terrorises through esoteric myth systems. Infiltrating the world, the esoterrorist plants logic bombs and then vanishes, detonating conceptual explosions, multiplying perceptual holes through which the entire universe drains out.�? Kodwo Eshun, “Fear of a Wet Planet�?, The Wire #167 (Jan ‘98)
Yeah, this style—I suppose little more than a complicated wordgame–is commonly called Ander-Saxon after Poul Anderson, or just Anglish, hence the name of my list. Anderson's article, incidentally, is not perfect: he uses ordinary, a Latinate word, and there are frequent occurrences of around and round, of Old French origin (despite appearing in almost every Germanic language). Most egregiously, however, stuff also comes to us via Old French. However, the element names ending in -stuff are not the result of a lack of imagination, as bilby assumes, but are a direct analogue of (and in some cases, calque) the original German names for elements, such as Wasserstoff for hydrogen, and which are still widely used.
Similar to frindley, I'd like to add my Soup to my "also on" list. As I may still be a voice of one at the moment, maybe it'd be good to have an "other" option which would prompt you to add the URL manually?
A Georgian lettering style used for titling and such like, where characters (all equivalent to Latin miniscule as the modern Georgian alphabet (mkhedruli) does not have cases) are stretched to fill the height of the ascent (from the baseline). Has had occasional usage with the Latin alphabet, mainly for effect.
A lettering style whereby a miniscule is enlarged to (or presented at) the size of a majuscule in a text. Also attributive (“a minsk letter�?) or as an adjective.
“For most of its being, mankind did not know what things are made of, but could only guess. With the growth of worldken, we began to learn, and today we have a beholding of stuff and work that watching bears out, both in the workstead and in daily life.�? — Poul Anderson, Uncleftish Beholding, in Analog Science Fact / Science Fiction Magazine, 1989
Thanks for the comment on arawakan, Wytukaze (Y2Ks?). When I started the list I included only the form of the word, with the most instances of the vowel, but I've since reconsidered.
wytukaze commented on the word cabbyl
For completeness' sake, the Irish and Scottish Gaelic (the closest languages to Manx) cognates are both capall (though the ScG has undergone a bit of sense narrowing, so it just refers to colts now - the normal word being each, which is also valid in Irish). The Welsh, ceffyl as qroqqa mentions, is also cognate, obviously, but I'm not aware of a cognate in the other two Brythonic languages, Breton and Cornish; the usual words are marc'h and margh respectively (and Welsh has march). If anyone knows of cognates, I'd be interested.
As for "gaffran", yarb, I don't know it and neither does my Welsh dictionary. The plural of gafr is geifr.
Apr 23, 2009
wytukaze commented on the word elicityscape
See whichbe's list Mnemosyne.
Mar 19, 2009
wytukaze commented on the word unrememberable
This has a pretty Entish feel to it, soundwise.
Mar 19, 2009
wytukaze commented on the word ᴕ
It is dull, yeah. Figure out a cool use and then use it as often as possible. Can't be hard to get more cites than Algonquian.
Mar 19, 2009
wytukaze commented on the word orthoepist
“The dictionary proper incorporated often very substantial notes about words on whose pronunciations opinions were divided, frequently quoting a dozen or so other “orthoepists�? (an awkward, now fortunately largely discarded, word offered as pronounced /`ɔ�?θəʊepɪsts/ etc by the dictionaries) in doing so.�?
Jack Windsor Lewis, in the blog entry “John Walker�? (2009-4-18).
Mar 19, 2009
wytukaze commented on the word ᴕ
It's a character, originally formed as a Greek ligature, (formerly?) used for (different) vowel sounds in a couple of languages. More information, as always, at the Wikipedia link.
Mar 19, 2009
wytukaze commented on the list to-nounen-and-adjectiven
Yeah, wrong -en morpheme.
Mar 19, 2009
wytukaze commented on the list to-nounen-and-adjectiven
Ah, enhearten I wouldn't've accepted as a word, but the other three (especially foreshorten) are obvious in relative terms, yeah.
Mar 19, 2009
wytukaze commented on the word howff
hau5
Mar 19, 2009
wytukaze commented on the list to-nounen-and-adjectiven
enliven, awaken, quieten? That's all I can think of, though—certainly nothing with 3 syllables or more.
Mar 19, 2009
wytukaze commented on the word nocebo
Coined on the model of placebo from the Latin nocēre, "to hurt", (related to, for example, noxious and obnoxious).
“Cannon’s analysis of ‘Voodoo Death’ allows us to think the affect of bioterrorism in terms of what we could call ‘nocebos’, the dark twin of a ‘placebo’ … the fear which issues from the negative statement, or hex, attains a reality more powerful than the actual threat. In contemporary medicine, there is much made of the increased likelihood of succumbing to illness if verbal suggestions of susceptibility are emphasized…�?
Luciana Parisi & Steve Goodman, The Affect of Nanoterror
Mar 19, 2009
wytukaze commented on the word stumblesphere
As in StumbleUpon. Also see: socialbookmarkoblogosphere.
I can't help feeling it's a prettier word than all that.
Mar 18, 2009
wytukaze commented on the word esoterrorism
See esoterrorist.
Mar 18, 2009
wytukaze commented on the word esoterrorist
“Drexciya are esoterrorists. "Mommy, what's an esoterrorist?" Something, or someone who terrorises through esoteric myth systems. Infiltrating the world, the esoterrorist plants logic bombs and then vanishes, detonating conceptual explosions, multiplying perceptual holes through which the entire universe drains out.�?
Kodwo Eshun, “Fear of a Wet Planet�?, The Wire #167 (Jan ‘98)
Mar 18, 2009
wytukaze commented on the word thurl
To be distinguished from thirl.
Jan 11, 2009
wytukaze commented on the word thrill
And thus thrilling and boring are (unmetaphorically) synonymous.
Also the root of the second component of nostril.
Jan 11, 2009
wytukaze commented on the word featherfield
A butterfly.
Dec 7, 2008
wytukaze commented on the word nibble
also written as nybble
Nov 20, 2008
wytukaze commented on the word picohelen
Oh wow.
Nov 20, 2008
wytukaze commented on the word romanette
“A lowercase Roman numeral�?; see citation at Double-Tongued and discussion at The Volokh Conspiracy.
Nov 19, 2008
wytukaze commented on the word uncleft
Yeah, this style—I suppose little more than a complicated wordgame–is commonly called Ander-Saxon after Poul Anderson, or just Anglish, hence the name of my list. Anderson's article, incidentally, is not perfect: he uses ordinary, a Latinate word, and there are frequent occurrences of around and round, of Old French origin (despite appearing in almost every Germanic language). Most egregiously, however, stuff also comes to us via Old French. However, the element names ending in -stuff are not the result of a lack of imagination, as bilby assumes, but are a direct analogue of (and in some cases, calque) the original German names for elements, such as Wasserstoff for hydrogen, and which are still widely used.
Nov 19, 2008
wytukaze commented on the word superallah
As in B-Rock “The Islamic Shock�? Hussein Superallah Obama.
Nov 14, 2008
wytukaze commented on the word seamouse
Nov 14, 2008
wytukaze commented on the word kiltsman
One who wears a kilt. Also kiltman.
Nov 14, 2008
wytukaze commented on the word features
Similar to frindley, I'd like to add my Soup to my "also on" list. As I may still be a voice of one at the moment, maybe it'd be good to have an "other" option which would prompt you to add the URL manually?
Nov 13, 2008
wytukaze commented on the list monovocalic-proper
I left a comment regarding monovocalics at Arawakan.
Nov 13, 2008
wytukaze commented on the word arawakan
There's also Arawak (very common), and I see sporadic instances of pan-Arawak or pan-Arawakan. I must say, panarawakan certainly has a ring to it.
Nov 13, 2008
wytukaze commented on the word dasewe
“to become dimsighted�?, related to dase (that is, daze)
Nov 13, 2008
wytukaze commented on the word mkhedruli
The modern Georgian alphabet.
Nov 13, 2008
wytukaze commented on the word mtavruli
A Georgian lettering style used for titling and such like, where characters (all equivalent to Latin miniscule as the modern Georgian alphabet (mkhedruli) does not have cases) are stretched to fill the height of the ascent (from the baseline). Has had occasional usage with the Latin alphabet, mainly for effect.
Nov 13, 2008
wytukaze commented on the word minsk
A lettering style whereby a miniscule is enlarged to (or presented at) the size of a majuscule in a text. Also attributive (“a minsk letter�?) or as an adjective.
Nov 13, 2008
wytukaze commented on the word scapse
A font, letter, character, etc., is scapse if it is in smallcaps. Also used as a noun.
Nov 13, 2008
wytukaze commented on the word tyg
Twelve handles? What on earth...
Nov 13, 2008
wytukaze commented on the word wapperjawed
Perhaps openmouthed, gaping? In which case implying that the person is a mouthbreather.
Nov 13, 2008
wytukaze commented on the word eða
Meaning, and cognate with, “or�?.
Nov 13, 2008
wytukaze commented on the word thede
"people", from Old English þēod, akin to Icelandic þjóð.
Nov 13, 2008
wytukaze commented on the word eða bandaríki norður-ameríku
Actually, this is “or United States of North America�?; eða means "or". The US is often just called bandaríkin, which means "the united states".
Nov 13, 2008
wytukaze commented on the word agenbite
I really like that. Thanks, frindley.
Nov 13, 2008
wytukaze commented on the word mote
Citation at uncleft.
Nov 13, 2008
wytukaze commented on the word workstead
Citation at worldken.
Nov 13, 2008
wytukaze commented on the word beholding
See uncleft and citation at worldken.
Nov 13, 2008
wytukaze commented on the word uncleftish
See uncleft.
Nov 13, 2008
wytukaze commented on the word worldken
“For most of its being, mankind did not know what things are made of, but could only guess. With the growth of worldken, we began to learn, and today we have a beholding of stuff and work that watching bears out, both in the workstead and in daily life.�?
— Poul Anderson, Uncleftish Beholding, in Analog Science Fact / Science Fiction Magazine, 1989
Nov 13, 2008
wytukaze commented on the word binding
Citation at uncleft.
Nov 13, 2008
wytukaze commented on the word unlike
Citation at uncleft.
Nov 13, 2008
wytukaze commented on the word yokeway
Citation at uncleft.
Nov 13, 2008
wytukaze commented on the word standing
Citation at uncleft.
Nov 13, 2008
wytukaze commented on the word fast
Citation (with meaning “solid�?) at uncleft.
Nov 13, 2008
wytukaze commented on the word chill
Citation (with meaning “crystal�?) at uncleft.
Nov 13, 2008
wytukaze commented on the word bestand
Citation at uncleft.
Nov 13, 2008