#proppa

[ihaveaskeleton]

The perks of having a story set in a world that speaks a daughter language of English is that I can totally hide a reference to Rafayel in there and no one will think anything of it because "Rafael spelled Rafayel" won't stand out next to "Frederick spelled Vedwik" and is actually consistent with the spelling system that probably dates back to before LaDS was released.

^ Proppa spelling of Frederick and Rafael / Vedwik and Rafayel. (The letter R is typically pronounced as a W or the "uh" sound, except at the beginning of words where it retains its old pronunciation. Romanization of the letter typically is based on pronunciation to avoid confusion.)

[kzoneofficial]

Proppa’s Song of the Day... the classic, iconic... Lies by Big Bang! Can’t believe it came out 13 years ago!!! How times flies. 

[mercenaryg]

Gonna channel my inner southern for a bit and praise Dale Earnhardt.

[ihaveaskeleton]

The Lord's Prayer as taught in Central City

(Translation beneath the cut.)

Thellod oz mon Gildich Wolz,

Our Lord within the Golden Walls,

Grammatically, "win" (within) is more appropriate, but it carries a connotation of restrictiveness and God cannot be contained, so "mon" (among/in an open space).

Zon plumz k'avertin.

May your name be memorialized.

"Avertin" doesn't have a direct English translation, but it means "to call, to show/present/teach/advertise, to be seen by all".

Zon ofis k'wavin.

May your reign come.

Zon skelj mon Jipin-4, sowrib mon Zon Gildich Wolz.

Your will on Trippin-4, as in Your Golden Walls.

"Skelj" carries the connotation that the speakers expect to be given tasks to carry out while God supervises, rather than expecting Him to do everything himself.

Yol nuchind oz k'abodin us afchif, ye?

Would you lend us our sustenance when we are off-the-clock?

The inhabitants of Central City would never presume to get anything for free, nor would they waste their employers' money by eating on-the-clock.

N Yolr k'fogivin fevoz oz, sowrib wer k'fogivin nidz f'lenduz oz, ye?

And you would forgive us our debts, as we would forgive the enthusiasm of our lenders?

In the Bible printed in Central City, passages indicating that you should forgive debts owed to you have been generally reinterpreted. The narrative presented instead urges debtors to be forgiving of those collecting what's owed by any means necessary.

N Yolr sin k'insparin'ot, Yolr sted fr'thrikid k'arin forich sul, ye?

And would You not inspire (us to) sin, would You instead carry us from the wicked?

Koz ov Thellod, ofis, levrij, n displey.

Because the Lord's are the kingdom, the power, and the glory.

Oltim, eymmen.

Forever, amen.

The translation is spoken as if by a congregation. To speak it as a single person or a family, substitute:

Thellod/nuchind/fevoz/f'lenduz oz > oz Thellod/nuchind/fevoz/f'lenduz

Sul > us

[ihaveaskeleton]

I haven't remembered my login info for ConWorkShop.com for years now, but I made a new account and have been thinking about Proppa.

I wasn't going to add an alienable/inalienable distinction to the possessive pronouns, but it seems fitting for Proppa's speakers to develop, so here's a list of the pronouns currently.

1st Person

Subjective

We - Singular / Plural Close-Familial / Plural Inclusive (<6)

Wel - Plural Exclusive / Inclusive (6+)

Objective

Us - Singular / Plural Inclusive (<6)

Sul - Plural Exclusive / Inclusive (6+)

Possessive

Oz - Alienable Singular (placed before the noun)

Oz - Alienable Plural (placed after the noun)

Man - Inalienable Singular

Òn - Inalienable Plural

The 1st person plural possessives act irregularly because "I" began being replaced with the corporate "we" in Central City before the Cut-Off.

2nd Person

Subjective

Yu - Singular

Yol - Plural

Objective

Silf - Singular

Selz - Plural

Possessive

Yun - Singular Inalienable

Zon - Plural Inalienable

Yuå - Singular Alienable

Yos - Plural Alienable

3rd Person

Subjective

The - Singular

Thel - Plural

Thòs - "Respectful"

Objective

Thim - Singular

Mul - Plural

Them - "Respectful"

Possessive

Thon - Singular Inalienable

Lon - Plural Inalienable

Thez - Singular Alienable

Tholz - Plural Alienable

Theåz - "Respectful"

"Respectful" is used to talk about authorities and people you are not associated with. It isn't meant for everyone you answer to, however—if your mother hears you refer to her by it, you probably l'restin mon thostoz (dead).

[trippin4u]

Working on something.

Proppa is a descendant of the English language and is spoken on the colony K-1114. It's alphabet is derived from an amalgamation of Greek and Latin characters due to flawed software in the digital, multilingual keyboards. The keyboards were sourced from Instellar Computers, a subsidiary of 2morrowday Innovations and it is suspected that the flawed keyboards may have been sabotage as the company was in a dispute with Tek-A-Chance Explorations - the company in charge of the colony's construction - when the keyboards were delivered.

After the keyboards fell out of use, the next generations took unique script to pen-and-paper and it quickly evolved into its modern form. The alphabet is largely phonetic, with the exception of R, which can be both a rhotic consonant and a schwa.

[kzoneofficial]

2nd gen playlist for old fans and new fans

[kzoneofficial]

KARA’s first album: First Blooooming was peak KARA! - Proppa