Through the Looking-Glass

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Commentaire de Melissa Wand le 3 mars 2019 à 21:04

You got it, ladies.

Commentaire de Amber Scribble le 2 mars 2019 à 20:03

me please Melissa!!!

Commentaire de Mail Art Martha le 2 mars 2019 à 19:25

Moi! Please!

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Thanks!!!

Commentaire de Melissa Wand le 2 mars 2019 à 18:04

So, who wants one?

Commentaire de Heleen de Vaan le 17 janvier 2018 à 2:20

I think you're right about the Xhosa pronounciation. Fortunately there is no x or ' in the word for (m)ail artist, as these letters/sounds are very hard to pronounce for non-native speakers. (there is an awesome movie in which a xhosa speaking man is the main character. Something about a cola bottle, a long journey and a coup d'etat - I think you should see it - if you don't know it already. I loved it even more than the movies about Alice (not sure if I may say that in this group..))

Commentaire de Heleen de Vaan le 17 janvier 2018 à 2:14

I think you can use the pre-word 'ost' for all ail artists in whose language 'mail' means 'post'.

In German a Mail Artist is a Post Künstler, so an Ail Artist will be an Ost Künstler, 'Ost' here not to be confused with the meaning 'East' but with the abbreviation of the Latin word 'ostium' which means 'opening', and an opening, although some'thing' which brings us to new places and/or insights, also is something without a 'thing', a piece of nothing.

I mentioned the German version, to point at the possibly misunderstanding of mixing Ost and east; for the other languages which use the Latin alphabet, the word for Ail Artist can start with ost- anyway.

So in Dutch an 'ostkunstenaar', in Spanish indeed an Artista Ostal, etcetera.

Commentaire de Mail Art Martha le 16 janvier 2018 à 20:45

Xhosa sounds nice, it looks like it could be as phonetic as Spanish. 

Commentaire de Heleen de Vaan le 16 janvier 2018 à 1:20

I don't know in Swahili, but in Xhosa mail artist is Umculi wiposi, 

and for ail artist we can say Yimuphi umculi.

I am happy to have helped you to solve the long-lasting question!

Commentaire de Mail Art Martha le 15 janvier 2018 à 19:37

Ail Artist, appeals to  me. Ail as in suffering of course as this person (who is an Artist but not a Mail Artist) suffers from being incomplete as an Artist, lacking Mail Artistness. As it is considered that everybody is an Artist the term Ail Artist can be extended to everybody who does not exercises Mail Artisting, whether this person is considered an artist or not.

Thanks Heleen, years of search have come to the end. 

As we are multilingual in this group, how about, for the French version Artiste Ostal, for the Spanish Artista Ostal, for the Italian Artista Ostale, for the German Ail-Künstler , for the Swahili ... please somebody stop me1

Commentaire de Heleen de Vaan le 14 janvier 2018 à 23:24

Wonderful ATC's by ToniPoet!

To be posted in the coming week on my animals blog, too.

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