Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcaniosis

“Lungs full of ultra(-)micro(-)scopic (beyond-tiny-view) volcanic sand,” if you look up each word in Marcel’s Glosa Internet Dictionary. Put hyphens between the parts if you want: pneumono-ultra-micro-scopic-silico-volcani-osis; it does make it a little easier. Glosa is great for building vocabulary, isn’t it?

The names of all the elements are the same as you will see them on the periodic table, but in Latin. “Iron” is Fe on the periodic table, in Glosa FERU(S), so of course they both start with FE. Many larger English dictionaries will give you the Latin term. “Gold” is Au for Latin AURUM; you can also use the Greek root KRISO (chrysanthemum = gold flower).

As I wrote to Marcel not too long ago, there will always be a reason to learn Glosa. In the future, computers may be able to translate Esperanto, Interlingua, etc., but Glosa will still have the big advantage of improving the scientific/technical vocabulary of anyone who takes the time to learn it.

Saluta, _ _ /. /\ Gary

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