However, had John simply created a made-up word that was supposed
to sound exactly like the name of his company--while looking
completely different--wouldn't he have gotten it a bit closer?
After all, all the consonant sounds are wrong--even if they are
related in some obscure linguistic way. (Come on, boys. If "b"
and "v" are that bloody close, how come we find it so easy to
distinguish between the words "vowel" and "bowel"?)
Being as precise as he is, John would have come up with a much
better approximation, had he set out to do that. And, as I said
before, it would have been way out of character for him to use
the name of any company as an alias on an olive web site--
particularly one that was treating him badly.
As a matter of fact, I can't see any of us--with the obvious
possible exceptions of Mike and DC, who basically are their
companies--identifying ourselves by our jobs in this sort of
intimate setting.
Is Dean "Mr. JPL"? Is Joya "the Fox girl"? Am I "the idle poseur"?
Oh, wait. Never mind.
--Q.M.
* * * * * * * *
And John got to this before I had a chance (which is good, because
his explanation is technically correct while mine would have been an
approximation).
The tschibasch/Syvox connection can definitely be made, although it
helps if you pronounce things with a lisp like our good old inbred
Spanish Royalty and use the Hispanic 'x'.
- David
--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, "tschibasch"
<tschibasch_at_y...> wrote:
> Joy says:
> > there's no getting around the "x" vs. "sch" issue,
>
> Actually, think of "ixtapa". :-)
>
> Now that I think of it, "tschibasch" and "syvox" are closer than I
> would really like to think. :-/
>
> What we have in both cases is: CVCVC (C == consonantal, V == vowel)
>
> Let's compare them. We will compare by sounds, while maintaining the
> spelling.
>
> Romany Screwy Company
> --------- --------------
> 1) tsch s affricate vs sibilant, both hi-freq.
> 2) i y high front unrounded vowels
> 3) b v labio-dentals ** see note below
> 4) a o low back unrounded vowels
> 5) sch x affricate vs sibilant, related
>
> Note: The modulation from 'b' to 'v' is well-known. In some
languages,
> an intervocal /b/ will become a /v/. In some cases, this is
indicated
> through spelling (e.g. Irish uses /bh/ to indicate a /v/). In
Spanish,
> the 'b' and 'v' are now almost identical...
>
>
> John
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