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xenoni, xenon

Image by Pslawinski

Xenoni śozar noblai yn risorøtti hus viþþi hus lizai petir; hus æwa zowaimreþar Drezzun flinir yn rannai yn buźai., Xenon is a colorless, heavy, odorless noble gas, and it occurs in the Earth’s atmosphere in trace amounts.

I’ve always been interested in the transuranium elements–the elements after uranium on the periodic table. All of the transuranium elements, except neptunium and plutonium, do not occur naturally on Earth, which is what makes them interesting. They are produced synthetically, in minute amounts, in nuclear reactors. For some of these elements, only a few atoms have been produced. Most of these elements have no uses–we don’t even know what a lot of them look like. One transuranium element, americium, does have a use, and it’s found its way into our homes. An isotope of americium, americium-241, is used in smoke detectors. Here’s what it looks like…

Image by Andrew Magill

Americium is radioactive, but it’s only dangerous if you ingest it. I’m actually considering buying one of these smoke detectors that use americium just to take it apart and see it for myself. ^_^

I wouldn’t normally translate a religious text, but since Alex translated the Lord’s Prayer into his conlang, I figured I’d do the same for Satchian.

Werur dedin je, je mno æffynemus irir,
Øza sen irir yn æffynynai.
Zaiþrema sen śaiser.
Siþa sen deþer yn fremriśavin
Faze Drezzus yn faze æffynemus.
Ser đeđar riśai cos didir toheis oþriśan;
Hus ser didir e waimair bæteis;
Yn didir terir je, jer ot dedir waimite, bæti;
Hus ser didir zos crædissai lates;
Rihus ser didir cos fnorøźaji setes.

A friend said I should have translated Oomph’s version of the Lord’s Prayer…

Dræba sen irir yn æffynynai., Your lie is holy.

By the way, since Alex borrowed a couple words from Satchian, I decided to borrow a couple words from Vresk…

beleśima, sleeping place from belezimja
polima, pome from pjolm

According to Alex, pjolm is any round fruit from a tree. I just limited it pomes.