Comments on: Malay Words in the Cordwainer Smith Stories http://cordwainer-smith.com/blog/malay-words-in-the-cordwainer-smith-stories.html About his science fiction and his life, run by his daughter Rosana Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Cordwainersdaughter http://cordwainer-smith.com/blog/malay-words-in-the-cordwainer-smith-stories.html/comment-page-1#comment-78 Cordwainersdaughter Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:56:59 +0000 http://cordwainer.your-kitchen-shop.com/blog/?p=3#comment-78 That's really interesting, David. I have no idea if there are more. Readers? That’s really interesting, David. I have no idea if there are more. Readers?

]]> By: David Doughan http://cordwainer-smith.com/blog/malay-words-in-the-cordwainer-smith-stories.html/comment-page-1#comment-77 David Doughan Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:04:34 +0000 http://cordwainer.your-kitchen-shop.com/blog/?p=3#comment-77 I *think* Limaono is Micronesian ... but it still would be 5-6. Number names are very interesting. They seem mainly to occur in two stories - "The Dead Lady of Clown Town" and "Think blue ..." In the latter, the numbers are 13 (Tiga-belas, Malay; Talatashar, Arabic; and Trece, Spanish), except for Veesey Koosey, which is a 5-6 name (Finnish). All the number-names in "Dead Lady" are (I think) 5-6: Englok (Cantonese), Femtiosex (Scandinavian), Fisi (truncated English), Goroke (Japanese), Panc Ashash (Sanskrit). The odd number-name out is Sto Odin from "Under Old Earth", which is Russian for 101. Are there any that I've missed? I *think* Limaono is Micronesian … but it still would be 5-6.

Number names are very interesting. They seem mainly to occur in two stories – “The Dead Lady of Clown Town” and “Think blue …”
In the latter, the numbers are 13 (Tiga-belas, Malay; Talatashar, Arabic; and Trece, Spanish), except for Veesey Koosey, which is a 5-6 name (Finnish). All the number-names in “Dead Lady” are (I think) 5-6: Englok (Cantonese), Femtiosex (Scandinavian), Fisi (truncated English), Goroke (Japanese), Panc Ashash (Sanskrit). The odd number-name out is Sto Odin from “Under Old Earth”, which is Russian for 101. Are there any that I’ve missed?

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