Comments on: Volapuk http://cominganarchy.com/2008/01/04/volapuk/ Speak Victorian, Think Pagan Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:43:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Aceface http://cominganarchy.com/2008/01/04/volapuk/#comment-381514 Aceface Sun, 06 Jan 2008 12:13:35 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/01/04/volapuk/#comment-381514 Volapuk reminds me of Anthony Burgess's "Nadsat" in "A Clockwork Orange". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadsat Volapuk reminds me of Anthony Burgess’s “Nadsat” in “A Clockwork Orange”.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadsat

]]> By: ElamBend http://cominganarchy.com/2008/01/04/volapuk/#comment-381506 ElamBend Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:19:43 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/01/04/volapuk/#comment-381506 YH, I believed it was both. It was shown and described to me by someone who was visiting (as I don't speak Arabic), but it used letters and numbers, and IIRC only worked for a few words and phrases YH,
I believed it was both. It was shown and described to me by someone who was visiting (as I don’t speak Arabic), but it used letters and numbers, and IIRC only worked for a few words and phrases

]]> By: dda http://cominganarchy.com/2008/01/04/volapuk/#comment-381497 dda Sat, 05 Jan 2008 05:26:49 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/01/04/volapuk/#comment-381497 In Korea, geeks used to type Korean in old-day chat rooms just the same way they'd do it on a Hangul-enabled system: q would stand for ㅂ, w for ㅈ, e for ㄷ etc... Korean typed in Latin characters would look like gibberish, but it worked pretty well, since there was little mental conversion to do. You just have to recreate in your mind the process of typing the keys... In Korea, geeks used to type Korean in old-day chat rooms just the same way they’d do it on a Hangul-enabled system: q would stand for ㅂ, w for ㅈ, e for ㄷ etc… Korean typed in Latin characters would look like gibberish, but it worked pretty well, since there was little mental conversion to do. You just have to recreate in your mind the process of typing the keys…

]]> By: Younghusband http://cominganarchy.com/2008/01/04/volapuk/#comment-381495 Younghusband Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:59:00 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/01/04/volapuk/#comment-381495 "@ElamBend":http://cominganarchy.com/2008/01/04/volapuk/#comment-381487 IS the Arabic phonetically transliterated? I can't imagine them doing it based on visual likeness like in Volapuk. @ElamBend IS the Arabic phonetically transliterated? I can’t imagine them doing it based on visual likeness like in Volapuk.

]]> By: von Kaufman-Turkestansky http://cominganarchy.com/2008/01/04/volapuk/#comment-381491 von Kaufman-Turkestansky Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:18:35 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/01/04/volapuk/#comment-381491 Thank you for introducing me to the constructed language of Volapük - I had not encountered it before. I tried to look up "Coming Anarchy" in Volapük, but the only dictionary I could find on line did not have the word. Can anyone translate this blog into Volapük? Thank you for introducing me to the constructed language of Volapük – I had not encountered it before. I tried to look up “Coming Anarchy” in Volapük, but the only dictionary I could find on line did not have the word. Can anyone translate this blog into Volapük?

]]> By: ElamBend http://cominganarchy.com/2008/01/04/volapuk/#comment-381487 ElamBend Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:35:39 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/01/04/volapuk/#comment-381487 I've seen examples of Arab users of the internet doing the same thing. I’ve seen examples of Arab users of the internet doing the same thing.

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