O brave new world, that hath such objects in it! Today’s theme from ConWorkShop is Objects you could not explain to someone from 200 years ago. Trains of course are 200 years old just now, in 2025, and science fiction as a genre is not that much older. But telephony in general and smartphones in particular are surely rather difficult to explain to someone from 1825.
mirira kakimu raemu uta hopokave· piti kaneno osapu· saki ñoanopo soamu koñe ratoiruno kerora akave· ita to kehu kasipihara:
purse-INE which.REL–ACC device-ACC have-INF can-PRS–HSY | about hand-GEN size-ADJZ | that.NOM immediate access-ACC all world-GEN knowledge-INE give-PRS–HSY | and.then also funny cat-picture-INE ||
You can have a device in your purse, about the size of your hand, that will give you immediate access to all the knowledge of the world, and also to funny pictures of cats.
nuhapuñupi /ˈnuhɑˌpuŋupi/ n. IN smartphone, communicator, comset (usu. abbr. puñupi, q. v.)
puñupikiro /ˈpuŋupiˌkiɹo/ n. IN telephony, telephone technology
soa /ˈsoɑ/ n. IN access; permission
soata /ˈsoɑtɑ/ vt. 1. to be allowed, permitted, to have permission, may, get to;
2. to get to go, get out, be released, discharged;
3. to access, get or have access (to INE)
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