Category: Language

We of Earth are rather obsessed with what, for a fleeting moment in time, ConWorkShop have chosen as today's theme, which is Fabric, sewing, clothing, and fashion. The Rireinukave of course reject most all clothing as an outrage to public decency, but even they have fashions and fads in personal appearance. rovuna neutano semi namohipe… Continue reading Lexember 23 (2024) →

Does this smell funny to you? Maybe it will at least elicit a sensible chuckle. Whether funny or serious, today's theme from ConWorkShop is Things you can smell. And so, I came up with some basic ingredients for perfumes (that could also be used for flavouring your food). Obviously iocaine powder does not belong under… Continue reading Lexember 22 (2024) →

Do I look like a soft touch? Maybe I do, because I often get accosted by people trying to sell me something. By an absolutely amazing coincidence, ConWorkShop decided to get in on the action by announcing that today's theme is Soft to the touch. Rireinutire does have several words for soft and fluffy things,… Continue reading Lexember 21 (2024) →

The Rireinukave know that this is a fish-eat-fish world. No matter how big a fish you are, there will inevitably turn up a bigger fish that finds you a nice appetiser. This used to be called 'food chain', but in ecology the interdependence of life forms is more often termed 'food web'. Conveniently for these… Continue reading Lexember 20 (2021) →

Catching your own mistakes when writing can be quite challenging, because you know what you meant to write and so will have a hard time noticing where what you actually wrote diverges from what you meant to write. As Exhibit One, we present today's theme from ConWorkShop, which is The priting press. Not 'printing'. ñeyoro… Continue reading Lexember 19 (2024) →

That's much better. Like balm in Gilead, ConWorkShop bring today's theme of Verbs of comfort. So we may take our solace in lexembering and console ourselves with new words, spoken with love. I myself find consolation in the fact that I did manage to create two new verbs for Rireinutire, even if both are derived… Continue reading Lexember 18 (2024) →

I don't like ConWorkShop anymore. This really rubs me the wrong way because today's theme is Literally and figuratively abrasive. But I guess even this can be sandpapered over, in order to avoid harmful controversy and direct our emery effort towards creating more words. It's going to be a sandblast! yisa surisira nesekiri· sisono to… Continue reading Lexember 17 (2024) →

When on high the heaven had not been named, Firm ground below had not been called by name, Then it was that ConWorkShop brought into being today's theme of Legends and mythology. Deeds were then done, songs were then sung, the likes of which had never been seen before. tevooti kaki kere yakave saki tevokunana… Continue reading Lexember 16 (2024) →

It was inevitable that we would end up here. In accordance with the prophecy. Here at the end of all things. Where today's ConWorkShop theme is Verbs of doom. As fate would have it, Rireinutire already has a few verbs of doom, such as ñimita (vt. to doom), mahesavita (vi. to invade, attack, overrun (INE)),… Continue reading Lexember 15 (2024) →

Come walk with me, as we take A stroll through the forest following in the footsteps of the ConWorkShop theme for today. Picking our way through the underbrush, trying not to scratch our skin on the thorns and twigs, we may glance down to look where we put our feet. There we may see some… Continue reading Lexember 14 (2024) →