A CLOUD WHICH IS OPAQUE WITH TRANSLUCENT AREAS

THIS BLOG AND ITS THEME COMES FROM SEVERAL YEARS OF HAPPY VISITS TO CLOUD KOOKY LAND, AND CHATTING WITH INHABITANTS, STUDYING THE LANGUAGES AND CULTURE. THE IDEA TO PUT THIS GUIDE TOGETHER CAME FROM A BRIEF EXCHANGE OF MESSAGES WITH THE MAGICAL DEB Z SO MANY THANKS TO HER. THE POST IS DEDICATED TO A VIKING PRINCESS IN RECOGNITION OF HER MARVELLOUS LANGUAGE SKILLS.

In Cloud Kooky Land, there are many different languages and dialects, as well as standard English. Here, anthropolist and linguistic Vera Verbatim the Triple-Tongued presents a guide to common and useful phrases from Perlucidus, which is the most commonly used dialect in the south -eastern peninsula of Cumulus Nebulus. Perlucidas as a word does not change according to syntax - the language is called Perlucidus and you speak Perlucidus. It is a patois language - adapted from English and with words and phrases both borrowed from other languages (earth and inter-galactic) and freely invented. It has no grammar. Attempts at applying grammatical analysis to Perlucidus would suggest that you are being a real ylluumtaich.

the word perlucidus comes from a terminology used in cloud science.

PERLUCIDUS. A beginners guide

FUGRIT - means "whatever you like, could be anything at all." often used where symbolism and metaphor has no defined interpretation but is intended to evoke an instinctive or creative response, allowing the viewer / participant to explore own personal themes and perceptions. or to indicate that "a thing is a thing is a thing and being is." *
*this is a quote from a popular children's rhyme: "a thing is a thing is a thing and being is. thing what thing. what? and being is and being is. what thing be thing be do be do be and why do i always ask why? " can be sung as a round, and the word order would changed eg: being is. what thing be thing be do be do be and why do i always ask why a thing is a thing? (similar to our play on words re: a rose is a rose is a rose etc,)
example -
Q: I love that picture you painted..... but what does it mean? A: "Oh, the banana is just a random banana, but it in itself represents fugrit. And the rest of it really is just fugrit."
Fugrit may also be used ironically. eg: "The plot and dialogue of the play is steeped in metaphor and classic references: unfortunately many of them are incorrect, simplistic and distorted and any real insight is perhaps just so much fugrit." Occasionally also used in the way we might use "all that jazz." Eg. "Yeah we were talking about not much at all really, just nonsense. and they were reading between the lines a bit too much., looking for hidden meanings and all that fugrit."

MEGLAMBIC : that state of mind or surreal experience when people are talking to you in apparently simple terms in your own mother tongue, and you hear and recognise the words but they mean nothing to you. so you say something meaningless and unrelated or you just stare blankly. example: "some people say their dogs apparently understand every word they say. mine, I think, does not. I told him my dream, hoping for an interpretation and he began discussing the stock exchange. His meglambic insights left me totally perplexed."

GROO-DRUNCHER: a person who always seems to get in the way of other people and have either no spatial awareness or just doesn't give a flying fig. eg, those who stand around in shop doorways talking to each other, walk into you in the street as they are so busy texting and then look at you as if you were annoyingly in the way, or those who park badly, boxing you in or making it impossible for you to open your car door so you have to climb in via passenger seat after smashing their car up first of course. " example : "I went shopping today, a bunch of groo-drunchers were blocking the aisles. I ran over their feet with my trolley."

TROBSCHLAPPEN; a mischievous spirit, who possesses people temporarily, causing them to do say or think of things which are normally out of character and which may be temporarily distressing, embarrassing, disturbing or apparently disruptive - but which ultimately lead to creative change and positive new opportunities. Trobschlappen (plural is same as singular) operate in such a way as you have to go through some amount of unpleasant in order to get the pleasant. They are a popular theme in many comedies, particularly films.
example: "Suddenly, during the middle of the important sales meeting, bored and unaware of quite what she was doing, she reached into her bag, and in a trance, drew out a small tin, and from it's contents, proceeded to assemble, light and smoke a juicy reefer. This made the meeting a damn sight easier to endure but resulted in her getting the sack. However, upsetting as this was at the time, she later realised it was the gift of the trobschlappen as it led to her deciding to finally make that trip to Mongolia and the Gobi Desert which she had always dreamed off. There she discovered a previously undiscovered love and talent for photography and now is showing her first major exhibition. Called Stoned and Sacked." (1 - see foot note.)

LIJKERTORPH: the pleasure and ease between two friends who share a very similar sense of humour and or way of expressing ideas and thinking about things, which may be incomprehensible to others, or which may include a running joke or reference to past events either not worth explaining or too complicated to outline. Lijkertorph is generally looked upon benevolently by others, but it is considered impolite and a sign of cliques and exclusivity to invoke it too often. And definitely bad to use it in thge presence of others to secretly mock or refer to them. Very poor form. Generally however, it is a happy experience. Examples "Am I missing the point of this discussion, or are you two in lijkertorph?" Or a mother might say to a child, "stop with the lijkertorph for now, there are people here you've only just met and it could seem rude."

CORMWITAWL. means; any event or news or conversation which has such an impact on you as to cause a really noticeable physical reaction. Can be positive or negative. Verb and adjective. Examples. "It was a powerful speech, people of both parties were deeply affected and the room was charged with cormwitawl." Or "Get a bucket, I want to be sick, your attitude makes me cormwittal with disgust." "I leapt from the bath shouting Eureka! and was cormwitalling so much with inspiration, I rushed into the street with no clothes on!" (2. see foot notes.)

NUQ - pronounced nuch (to rhyme with much) a moment of supreme and sublime stupidity and complete confusion, in which one realises that one actually knows nothing and understands even less and that all familiar objects and realities appear surreal and alien. There may also a sense of having abandoned all reason and control - or been abandoned by it. Not understood in the sense of a moment of divine or mystic revelation or union, but more comedic and humorous, although there is a spiritual aspect to it's meaning in that it is regarded as a practical joke on the human experience, sent from the gods to remind us that we don't know diddly squat and keep us down to earth. used in the way that we might use deja vu. Example: "Pursued by the dog, the Wombat (3. see footnote) raced through the house, crashing into the finished cake, which had taken all day to decorate. As I stood there watching, and the cake slowly toppled sideways and crashed to the floor, I had a moment of nuq, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. I then dived into the wreckage and rolled around in delicious soft spongy vanilla, swallowing mouthfuls of creamy almond custard and wombat fur, realising that there must be some kind of mad poetry in making a wombat shaped cake and having it destroyed be a real wombat....."

Footnotes.
1) In Cloud Kooky Land it is very unlikely that a person would be sacked for getting stoned at a meeting, though they might be reprimanded and either told firmly that this was not the appropriate time or place, or possibly that they had caused some offence by not sharing the joint. However, should a meeting have proved that boring, it is likely that they would have said so and suggested a more interesting approach. Therefore this story would be probably a telling of an event that happened pre-settlement, in MadsVille.
2) Another note on Kookonian culture. Nakedness in itself would not be that disturbing, suprising or shocking, the Kooks are not prudish. However they enjoy clothing and prefer to be fairly well covered, so as to better appreciate the mystery of the human body and the sensual pleasures of and contrast between dressing and undressing. They are also more aware than the people of MadsVille of appropriate and inappropriate images of nakedness and sexuality for the affect the may have on children. Kookies consider MadsVille images to be unhelpful to children and part of the reason so many develop into confused and troubled adults. Therefore they prefer to be mostly (and creatively) clothed so to run down the street naked would be surprising. But not as surprising or worrying as excessive use of half naked female bodies draped over consumer goods in order to promote sales, as is common in MadsVille and which seems rather perverse, to them. Kookonians do have sales, marketing, advertising and an active economy - but have a very different approach to it. A separate article on this is available in the archives.
3) The Wombat. In literature and in the vernacular, this may refer to an actual Wombat or to an archetypal Wombat which represents the humorous and complex relationship between humans and animals and the tendency of humans to be unable to avoid anthromorphism. The Wombat is also a familiar figure from traditional folk tales - a loveable but mischievous and chaotic being who always brings goodwill yet also chaos and the unexpected. As a familiar, he represent eccentricity, and distortion of normal reality in both a harmless and amusing way - or, in his Dark Aspect, in a malevolent and disturbed way. More features on The Wombat will appear in future blogs.

(Editor's Note: it may be seen from the scenarios used here to illustrate word usage, that life in Cloud Kooky Land is far from perfect, idyllic or free of human inconsistencies and conflicts. Kookies are prone to the same tensions, uncertainties, irritations, hopes, dreams and passions - and so on - as are all humans, However, they certainly are more aware of them and more ready and willing to acknowledge and resolve them quickly, straightforwardly and with good cheer. Therefore in many ways, Cloud Kooky Land can be seen as a Utopia and the people there as being in the process of evolving into a more humane, creative and co-operative humanist society. This is their wonderful journey and their story. The reader should also understand that many people have wombats as pets; however in all cases, they are purely imaginary and invisible pets, no-one would actually keep domesticated wombats.)

Authors Note on Editors Note: sometimes that fekkin editor really gets on my nerves. I was not intending to explain the Utopian and Humanitarian nature of the Kookonian culture, but to allow that to become apparent as the blogging unfolds. And likewise, wasn't going to explain at this point about the invisible pet wombats: I already said that there will be future articles about the wombats. Sometimes that Editor is a real ylluumtaich .


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