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, as most probably do not realize that they are applying the principle's rules for every new non-existing word they come up with. I have not the knowledge to explain the linguistical reasoning behind this but alas, 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 this 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