False Friends game
Posted: 24 Aug 2021 21:09
This is a variation of a game from the ConWorkShop boards that works similar to a game of telephone. The rules are simple:
1. The first player posts a word in their conlang, with the pronunciation and translation.
2. The next player responds with a similar-sounding existing word or words in their conlang, again with pronunciation and a translation.
3. Repeat ad infinitum.
Example:
First poster:
jaychez
/ˈʒajxəz/
helicopter
Next poster:
shai kha-zu
/ɕaj ˈxazu/
the river cooks
I'll start us off with a word from Classical Miyorran:
bonġ-qaa
/ˈpoɴqʰaː/
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1. The first player posts a word in their conlang, with the pronunciation and translation.
2. The next player responds with a similar-sounding existing word or words in their conlang, again with pronunciation and a translation.
3. Repeat ad infinitum.
Example:
First poster:
jaychez
/ˈʒajxəz/
helicopter
Next poster:
shai kha-zu
/ɕaj ˈxazu/
the river cooks
I'll start us off with a word from Classical Miyorran:
bonġ-qaa
/ˈpoɴqʰaː/
fourteen