samedi, août 12, 2006

Cymraeg. Politically correct vocabulary. Newspeak. Newiaith.

Commision for Racial Equality = Comisiwn Cydraddoldeb Hiliol.
Hil 'race, lineage', gaelic siol ("sheel") seed/semonce
Equality. - cyd - radd - ol - deb. cyd - con. radd < gradd 'grade'

Harassment - erledigaeth

discrimination (key concept!) - gwahaniaethu, (less frequent) anffafriaeth [ffafr < fr. faveur]
gogwydd rhywiol - sexual orientation [rhyw - sex]

tbc (to be continued)

3 commentaires:

N a dit...

Fascinating language. Late at night many norvegians start to prononce words in Welsh too ("cwrw"). That probably indicates that it is the original language of mankind ("ihmiskunnan alkukieli," as they would say in the saunas).

Anonyme a dit...

Ihmiskunan alkukieli?
Basic yazik of all veks?

Nej, den er Nynorsk.

Anonyme a dit...

Ja, Gud er målmann. (Can be translated into English as "God is a nynorsk speaker" or "God is a goal keeper".)