Sweet Baby J
Created | Updated Dec 17, 2011
Clearly it seems, langwitch has evolved a long way
from its origins. And it is interesting to try to imagine
the sort of sounds made by the earliest proto-humans.
Probably just grunts and howls at first but soon certain
sounds would begin to have a familiarity and come to mean
specific things or express specific emotions.
Howls would be like vowels. Pretty basic emotion based sounds.
A full range from Ahhh to Aye, Eeee, Ohhh and Oo-oo.
Tone and pitch would create meaning and context.
Sighs and laughter and screams of fear or contented cooing
would be some of the howl/vowels.
But grunts and barks are more cryptic. So are snorts and
gasps and startled cries of surprise and pain. These are
all more like the consonants.
They are the Proto-consonants.
Let's first examine the K, B, and P sounds.
The K sound is OK.
The K sound is quite a short abrupt expression.
It seems to be an exasperant that escapes before
the lips have a chance to control the outrush. It
seems to be somewhat unguarded so it probably occurs
most in familiar situations, especially those with
close personal relationships.
This K sound is more economical of effort than B or P,
and it's somehow closer to a relaxed homey, even intimate,
expression.
Now grab a dictionary and turn to the letter K.
There aren't that many and yet the most important K words
are mostly about home, households and personal relationships.
Kith and Kin.
Kip, kitchen, king and country.
Cousin, kindred, kind, kindly.
Kiln, kindling, cave, keep, castle.
Kitten, cuddle, court(ship), caper.
Kiss and kill.
Now consider B as in being and not being.
B is a more considered and restrained explosive sound.
The lips are still lazy but make an effort to capture
and form the air rush.
Bomb, bang, boo.
Ban, banned, bawdy.
Big, boisterous, bombastic.
Bum, bungle and baggage.
Beat, bend and beam.
Bears, babies and beans.
And I just P on it myself.
The P sound is an explosive exaspiration. As a single
vocal output it would likely be associated with rapid
exhalation to allow a following drawing-in of a deep
breath, a reflex in preparation for possible exertion,
be it fighting, discipline or instruction, a putting
things right. A sort of very quick pop of surprise
(even shock) followed up with remedial effort. Even
an explosive burst of anger, a reaction to threat
or to assert or re-assert dominance.
It is that essence which still pervades many P words.
Take as our main focus then:
Politics and Publishing and Piracy.
Princes and paper.
Pages, political parties and Parliament.
Police and punishment and puppets.
Promotion, pretending and propaganda.
Programs, pogroms and profit.
Penis, penal colonies and penitentiaries.
These observations may or may not have inspired you
to experiment with the sounds you make to see what
inherent emotions they conjure.
<wizard>
If you do start to think about it I'd like to get your
opinion on the origin and need for the letter J. It
did not even exist in English until about 300 years ago.
It is still missing from the other Romance and Nordic
languages. Why?
Did we create J because we are evolving? Or because
of some internal need in our English speaking souls.
<cheers>
~jwf~
from its origins. And it is interesting to try to imagine
the sort of sounds made by the earliest proto-humans.
Probably just grunts and howls at first but soon certain
sounds would begin to have a familiarity and come to mean
specific things or express specific emotions.
Howls would be like vowels. Pretty basic emotion based sounds.
A full range from Ahhh to Aye, Eeee, Ohhh and Oo-oo.
Tone and pitch would create meaning and context.
Sighs and laughter and screams of fear or contented cooing
would be some of the howl/vowels.
But grunts and barks are more cryptic. So are snorts and
gasps and startled cries of surprise and pain. These are
all more like the consonants.
They are the Proto-consonants.
Let's first examine the K, B, and P sounds.
The K sound is OK.
The K sound is quite a short abrupt expression.
It seems to be an exasperant that escapes before
the lips have a chance to control the outrush. It
seems to be somewhat unguarded so it probably occurs
most in familiar situations, especially those with
close personal relationships.
This K sound is more economical of effort than B or P,
and it's somehow closer to a relaxed homey, even intimate,
expression.
Now grab a dictionary and turn to the letter K.
There aren't that many and yet the most important K words
are mostly about home, households and personal relationships.
Kith and Kin.
Kip, kitchen, king and country.
Cousin, kindred, kind, kindly.
Kiln, kindling, cave, keep, castle.
Kitten, cuddle, court(ship), caper.
Kiss and kill.
Now consider B as in being and not being.
B is a more considered and restrained explosive sound.
The lips are still lazy but make an effort to capture
and form the air rush.
Bomb, bang, boo.
Ban, banned, bawdy.
Big, boisterous, bombastic.
Bum, bungle and baggage.
Beat, bend and beam.
Bears, babies and beans.
And I just P on it myself.
The P sound is an explosive exaspiration. As a single
vocal output it would likely be associated with rapid
exhalation to allow a following drawing-in of a deep
breath, a reflex in preparation for possible exertion,
be it fighting, discipline or instruction, a putting
things right. A sort of very quick pop of surprise
(even shock) followed up with remedial effort. Even
an explosive burst of anger, a reaction to threat
or to assert or re-assert dominance.
It is that essence which still pervades many P words.
Take as our main focus then:
Politics and Publishing and Piracy.
Princes and paper.
Pages, political parties and Parliament.
Police and punishment and puppets.
Promotion, pretending and propaganda.
Programs, pogroms and profit.
Penis, penal colonies and penitentiaries.
These observations may or may not have inspired you
to experiment with the sounds you make to see what
inherent emotions they conjure.
<wizard>
If you do start to think about it I'd like to get your
opinion on the origin and need for the letter J. It
did not even exist in English until about 300 years ago.
It is still missing from the other Romance and Nordic
languages. Why?
Did we create J because we are evolving? Or because
of some internal need in our English speaking souls.
<cheers>
~jwf~
