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The <language> of <something>

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in another thread, zompist wrote: How about the Lojban of cuisine? Something characteristic of every culture, put together in such a way that three quarters of it looks like it's from another planet.
in response to "The Esperanto of cuisine". Are we uncovering a new idiom where an IAL stands in for a particular set of characteristics? What would the "Solresol" or "Volapük" ot something be? Or the "Latine Sine Flexione"?
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I want to say the Volapük of cuisine is Jell-O.
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äreo wrote: Tue Nov 28, 2023 9:04 am I want to say the Volapük of cuisine is Jell-O.
Or the stuff they eat at Viking reenactment events.
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Solresol of cuisine: All ingredients make sounds and are limited to 7
A cat and a linguist.
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linguistcat wrote: Tue Nov 28, 2023 10:48 am Solresol of cuisine: All ingredients make sounds and are limited to 7
All possible ingredients make sounds if you know how to manipulate them.
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Linguoboy wrote: Tue Nov 28, 2023 11:37 am
linguistcat wrote: Tue Nov 28, 2023 10:48 am Solresol of cuisine: All ingredients make sounds and are limited to 7
All possible ingredients make sounds if you know how to manipulate them.
Sort of relevant: I recently discovered that my word in Msérsca for to boil is the inchoative of to hiss.
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Linguoboy wrote: Tue Nov 28, 2023 11:37 am
linguistcat wrote: Tue Nov 28, 2023 10:48 am Solresol of cuisine: All ingredients make sounds and are limited to 7
All possible ingredients make sounds if you know how to manipulate them.
Also, certain sounds make foods better to eat
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this can work! i'm gonna go ahead and say marvel movies are the interlingua of movies
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