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Sunday, June 24, 2007

Volupük

I found the following on Encycopedia Brittannica dot com:

Volapük: an artificial language constructed in 1880 by Johann Martin Schleyer, a German cleric, and intended for use as an international second language. Although its vocabulary is based on English and the Romance languages, the word roots in Volapük have been modified to such a degree that they are virtually unrecognizable; for example, lol from English “rose,” nim from “animal,” and… (you need the trial Encyclopedia Britannica to finish this off, lol).

And I thought lol meant laugh out loud! Who knew that in Volapük it meant rose?

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