The Blep principle

This is a principle that can be applied to the creation of unfamiliar words that still retain some form of coherence. Like an uncanny valley of words. While it is a principle, it is also a phenomenon in itself, as most probably do not realize that they are applying the same rules for every new 'non-existing words' they come up with. I have not the knowledge to explain the linguistical reasoning behind this, but I can theorize. One of my theories is that it depends solely on the language that the non-existing words are created from, for example English. For the next section, English will also be the main focus.

From personal observation, the pre- and suffixes most commonly used for these non-existing words are:

• -Ble
• -Blum
• -eepus
• -Na
• -Otel
• -Pe

Sometimes, whole words are formed.

• -Boomp
• -Flomp
• -Cronch (Cromch, crumch, scromch)
• -Metarotle
• -Pronk
• -Shwinge
• -Scrootel

As we can observe, most of the recorded words or sounds are all recognized within the English language; somewhere in between pronounceable and unrecognizable. good stuff, 10/10

~ Shit notes #523, Lord of Bog