I'm thinking of overbringing George Orwell's "Politics and the English Language". I'm thinking the name should be overbrought as "Yokecraft and the English Tung". Thoughts?
- I made a start on that, but feel free to do so also and we'll maybe pick the best of each. I suggest that if you do overbring it, you keep Orwell's quoted examples in English.
- I also did the Intro to Origin of Species which is now uploaded. There are many words in that which are not in the wordbook yet, so feel free to cultivate some of the words from there (if you feel they have merit).
81.157.119.117 06:42, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
- Only one point, that I think that the word for state / polis ought to be 'ric', and therefore, maybe politics ought to be 'ricescraft'. You needn't follow my suggestion, but in an article (Cicero, I think) I wrote 'ricesman' for 'stateman'. Oswax Scolere 09:29, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
- I agree. I think the nowa shape of riice, though, would be rike. Right me if I'm wrong. Bob A 02:47, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
Did the first two paragraphs(?). I chose the word yokecraft for that politics is groundwise the skill of subjugating folk. At now, I namely need the words for matter, economie (badly), result, cause, argument, fail, professional, and specimen, the last I couldn't overbring at all. Bob A 07:05, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
- Nice start(it's always harder than it looks!). I think, though, that the established method is Lifelore\Lifely, etc, etc, rather than X-Craf-ish and so on. It's not a rule, for there are no real rules, but it's mostly preferred that we avoid the Germany-ish "texture" : "Ichtungwierenheerecraften!", etc.
- Note: There are words in OOS and in this one that are not yet in the wordbook.
81.157.119.117 21:42, 30 March 2006 (UTC)