The angry rat-tat-tat of noisy jackhammers would distract anybody from attending to today's theme from ConWorkShop, which is Noisy things. However, I did manage to get in some worldbuilding in discussing the categories that singing voices are classified into in Rireinu classical music. In that connection I also discovered I didn't have a word for… Continue reading Lexember 28 (2024)
Lexember 27 (2024)
It seems I got myself tangled in my own web. When ConWorkShop declared that today's theme is Mysteries, lies, secrets, and conspiracies, I had the cunning plan to quote the famous lines from Marmite by Sir Walter Scott, as is shewn below. But little did I know (or remember) that I had neglected to coin… Continue reading Lexember 27 (2024)
Lexember 26 (2024)
Arms I sing, and the woman, who, impelled by ConWorkShop's unrelenting Lexember, took up today's theme of War and weaponry. Me, I am a lover not a fighter, (which allegation several of my commanding officers could endorse) so I had a hard time coming up with interesting and appropriate new vocabulary. But as you can… Continue reading Lexember 26 (2024)
Lexember 25 (2024)
Who woulda thunk it? Today's theme from ConWorkShop is Words that contain with /u/ in your native language. But of course; thus, this theme is utterly likely to inspire all kinds of random vocabulary. Turns out the words I came up with today have, not only the vowel sound /u/ in my native language, also… Continue reading Lexember 25 (2024)
Lexember 24 (2024)
It's love that makes the world turn round. So the charming people at ConWorkShop made the right choice when they decided that today's theme is Love. Now Rireinutire already has four distinct concepts that can all translated into Human with 'love', so today should have been a labour of love. But even so, I ended… Continue reading Lexember 24 (2024)
Lexember 23 (2024)
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)
Lexember 22 (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)
Lexember 21 (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)
Lexember 20 (2021)
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)
Lexember 19 (2024)
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)
Flowering Fields 