Fig. 1. A convict labourer in the word mines of Rireinu. Soon, November turns into December. And in these parts, December means Lexember. As the name Lexember suggests, the idea is that during the month of December, you add one word a day in the lexis, or vocabulary, of your language. Just like last year,… Continue reading Back to the word mines!
Category: Language
General linguistics discussion, very serious and scholarly. As well as Stupid Language Tricks.
Lexember 2022: Summary
So Lexember is over for another year and it's time to look back and sum up the toil of the past month. First of all, I want to thank ConWorkShop; their daily themes proved, this year as in so many years past, an invaluable aid to glossopoietic creativity. The idea of Lexember is to create… Continue reading Lexember 2022: Summary
Lexember 31
All good things come to an end, Lexember included. Quite appropriately, ConWorkShop's theme for today is old and new. So of course I chose to concentrate on concepts that deal with both at the same time: restoration, renewal, and rebirth. Tomorrow or so, I will do a summary of my Lexember 2022, listing how many… Continue reading Lexember 31
Lexember 30
Another tenday gone, once more it's time for the traditional theme that is No theme!. So many times I have complained about ConWorkShop not serving me an easily palatable theme, you would think by now I would have learned my lesson. It has been a class in patience, like watching jerky dry. A bit of… Continue reading Lexember 30
Lexember 29
Whistle while you work! Today, Lexember goes like a song. No wonder, since today the theme from ConWorkShop is words in song titles. Looking at most common words in song titles will only list words that Rireinutire already has (such as pronouns, romantic or familial love, or kinship terms) or words that have no use… Continue reading Lexember 29
Lexember 28
What goes up must come down. As yesterday ConWorkShop offered us happiness, today's theme is misery. So, like the miserable pile of secrets that I am, I slouched about gathering random vocabulary related to less than favourable mental and emotional states. And I like to think I am justified in feeling quite miserable indeed about… Continue reading Lexember 28
Lexember 27
I'll drink to that! Today's theme from ConWorkShop is happiness. My people have a saying to the effect that happiness without booze (alcoholic drink) is for pretend only. That's why I have included the verb 'quaff', which happens to be derived from kotu, the name of an ancient drinking vessel (and which incidentally also gave… Continue reading Lexember 27
Lexember 26
Ooh, shiny! Today, the ConWorkShop theme of the day is gems and jewels. As the galactic song goes, "Diamonds are a person's best friend". Rireinutire already has many words for gems and jewels, but a few more surely can't hurt. Many traditional cultures of Rireinu were positively gaudy with bodypaint and jewelry, but unfortunately Teacher… Continue reading Lexember 26
Lexember 25
Speaking of compound interest, today's theme is things that grow. Thanks ConWorkShop! Rireinutire already has all the most obvious words, like compound interest (tenotenopi), deficit, inflation, and my butt. Even so, there was still space for the lexicon to grow into, even if most of the new words are compounds. Although this is actually a… Continue reading Lexember 25
Lexember 24
This post may cost my organization hundreds if not thousands of dollars, so do I want to proceed with it? Oh sure, I'll just write a cheque. Although the best things in life may be free, today's theme from ConWorkShop is money, currency, and banking. This theme is bound to create lots of interest; possibly… Continue reading Lexember 24
Flowering Fields 