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RE: Nqwebasaurus, an African ornithomimosaur
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> Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 18:03:54 -0400
> From: dinosaur@gilvary.net
> To: dinosaur@usc.edu
> Subject: Re: Nqwebasaurus, an African ornithomimosaur
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> Down with cultural-linguistic imperialism! We should use the names the
> dinosaurs themselves used.
and there's only one way to do it:
Activate The TARDIS / Time Tunnel !
although I suspect even Dr. Horner will be upset if we discover T.rex could
only say "moooooo"
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> Ar 6/15/2012 5:50 PM, scríobh Anthony Docimo:
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> >> Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 13:29:22 -0700
> >> From: keesey@gmail.com
> >> To: dinosaur@usc.edu
> >> Subject: Re: Nqwebasaurus, an African ornithomimosaur
> >>
> >> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 12:55 PM,<tyazbeck@comcast.net> wrote:
> >>> I have no trouble making the trilled 'r' sound; the 'r' sound used by
> >>> English speakers is not widespread (as you said), at least amongst
> >>> European languages which make the trilled sound (it involves the tip of
> >>> your tongue). I suggest you learn how if you want to be fluent in all
> >>> these languages you mention!
> >> I'd love to, but I honestly just cannot make my tongue do it. It's
> >> like a speech impediment that fortunately doesn't show in my native
> >> language.
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> > I can say "nw" and "qw" and "nr"...but not "rw". (not without a vowel,
> > anyway)
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> >>> It's hard to integrate them into words, for sure. You might also want to
> >>> include Etruscan (extinct) or Nahuatl, the Aztec language (still widely
> >>> spoken by the remaining Indians in Mexico) as languages with few sounds
> >> *checks phonology charts* Those are not terrible candidates, either!
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> > I think there are archosaurs with Nahuatl names. not as many as have Greek
> > names, true.
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> >> Although of course I wasn't seriously suggesting that. If we truly
> >> limited ourselves to the overlap of all languages (or even all major
> >> languages), I'm not sure we'd have a whole lot left to work with.
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> > It does suggest an interesting solution...though I suspect our friend Mr.
> > Beck wouldn't be any more in favor of it, than he is of Xhosan(sp) words in
> > dinosaur names......from now on, maybe using creoles as a source for
> > dinosaur names.
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