to lokanove / lokanoved / lokanoven

ANTHOS · Post by **ANTHOS** » 25 Nov 2004 18:35

by analogy with the verb 'to google', i wonder how long it will take before the verb 'to lokanove' becomes widespread - it's only a matter of time...

Pixel · Post by **Pixel** » 25 Nov 2004 18:43

The thing is... what would it mean ?

- Hey ! do you know what ? Yesterday I lokanoved !!
- True ? And where did you lokanove ?
- In an Italian restaurant...

No ?

ANTHOS · Post by **ANTHOS** » 25 Nov 2004 18:52

To me it means to seek information on the Lokanova forum

Feasibly, with modern technology, if you were in a restaurant in Naples where no one spoke English and had an Internet-enabled PDA, you could submit a question for a translation and then know how to order your favourite dish or dessert, then compliment the chef....

Small correction:
"where did you lokanove?"

Pixel · Post by **Pixel** » 25 Nov 2004 18:54

ANTHOS wrote:To me it means to seek information on the Lokanova forum

Feasibly, with modern technology, if you were in a restaurant in Naples where no one spoke English and had an Internet-enabled PDA, you could submit a question for a translation and then know how to order your favourite dish or dessert, then compliment the chef....

Small correction:
"where did you lokanove?"

Saw it re-reading my post...

Maïwenn · Post by **Maïwenn** » 25 Nov 2004 19:42

To me it would mean posting anything on lokanova, participating in one way or another, not only seeking information.

Already 5 posts on a word that doesn't exist yet. Wow !

Pixel · Post by **Pixel** » 25 Nov 2004 20:24

Maïwenn wrote:To me it would mean posting anything on lokanova, participating in one way or another, not only seeking information.

Already 5 posts on a word that doesn't exist yet. Wow !

It's not the first time people talk about something that does not really exist...

Let's see... Santa Claus, Superman, ... God... (oups

)

Cãlin · Post by **Cãlin** » 25 Nov 2004 21:00

Pixel wrote:It's not the first time people talk about something that does not really exist... Let's see... Santa Claus, Superman, ... God... (oups )

Weapons of mass distruction in Iraq...
Democracy in Eastern Europe...

But still, people have been lokanoving for more than two years now.
And freelanging for more than seven years!
And this is a reality!

Pixel · Post by **Pixel** » 25 Nov 2004 21:30

zcalin wrote:Weapons of mass distruction in Iraq...

Soon, somebody's gonna come here and ask :

- Hello ! I would like to translate "lokanove" in as many languages as possible, thanx !

Maïwenn · Post by **Maïwenn** » 25 Nov 2004 21:42

ok, let's go :

in French : lokanover

in Danish : at lokanove

in Breton : lokanova, lokanovi

Sisyphe · Post by **Sisyphe** » 25 Nov 2004 22:02

How funny it is. Well, let's try in "my" languages :

latin : lokanovare

ancient greek : λοκανωβίζω [lokanobidzô]
(problem is that the sound [v] does not exist in ancien greek)

esperanto :
lokanovi
lokanovadi "to be perpetually on L."
lokanovmembri "to be a member of L."
lokanovigxi or lokanovmembrigxi "to become member of L."

Gilen · Post by **Gilen** » 25 Nov 2004 22:08

In Basque : lokanovatu

Pixel · Post by **Pixel** » 25 Nov 2004 22:33

日本語 : ロカノヴァする (rokanova suru)
Español : locanovar
Italiano : locanovare

Vikr · Post by **Vikr** » 26 Nov 2004 00:39

In Tamil

லொகானொவா

In Hindi

लोकानोवा

Cãlin · Post by **Cãlin** » 26 Nov 2004 02:13

Romanian: a locanova [stess on the last syllable]
Portuguese: locanovar [as above]
Swedish: att lokanova [this will be a first group verb: Jag lokanovar / lokanovade / har lokanovat]
Norwegian: å lokanove
Modern Greek: λοκανοβίζω [lokanovízo]

Cãlin · Post by **Cãlin** » 26 Nov 2004 02:33

... not to mention that a whole lexical family can be created around this word. Such as:

lokanovology - the science of lokanoving
lokanophilia / lokanophobia = hmmm, what could that be?
lokanomania & lokanomaniacs = us and our disease...
lokanometry & lokanostatistics = the sciences of measuring the lokanoactivity
to underokanove / overlokanove / counterlokanove / paralokanove = ???
lokanobate = a debate on lokanova
lokanoaddiction / lokanoaddict = see lokanomania & lokanomaniacs above...
to lokanovise = to promote lokanova
lokanovised = instructed / educated in the science of lokanoving
unlokanovised = uninstructed / uneducated in the science of lokanoving...
lokanophysics / lokanochemistry / lokanomechanics = ?? help!
lokanopoetry / lokanopainting = hmmm, is getting more and more difficult to explain these words; I haven't found them in the dictionary...
lokanophone / lokanocamera = that's food for thought for Latinus, what improvements he will bring to this site...

and the list can continue...