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<h3>[[Holy Church of Floyd]]</h3>
  
<h4>Introduction</h4>
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'''Floydism''' (Dutch: '''Palix''', Esperanto: '''Flojdismo/FLФJDISMФ''' [pronounced flo-e-dis-moh] Palixian: '''Msidyolf''' [pronounced Syd-yold) or the '''Holy Church of Floyd''' refers to a set of philosophical teachings and religious practices rooted in a specific metaphysical understanding of the Palixian character Pink Floyd. For Floydists, Floyd could be described as the continuity principle behind the whole process of the constantly changing Universe.
'''Pacitalian''' is a centuries-old, descendant language of [[Wikipedia:Latin|Latin]] native to the republic of [[Pacitalia]]. It is identified by its quick speaking consistency, its consonant-vowel flow, and in some cases its addition of Spanish/Mayan words. However, Pacitalian is different in that although it sounds similar to Italian, its structure and verb tensing is different because it is not from the same language family. Approximately 16.5 billion people worldwide speak Pacitalian, making it a top five non-RL language on NationStates.
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The differences between Pacitalian and Italian developed, of course, because of the fact that Pacitalians first existed in their current land space around 24 AD, and this split Latin speakers from their homeland. The split caused a gentle but continuous tweak in the form and style of the language so that, when Latin in Italy morphed into [[Wikipedia:Italian|Italian]] and Latin in Pacitalia became Pacitalian, there were marked differences present. These aforementioned differences began to appear most of all in the 1600s as Pacitalia established itself as a more imposing cultural and intellectual force.
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== Overview ==
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Rooted in the ancient anti-Dutch systems of beliefs, influenced by primitive shamanism and observation of natural cycles, Floydism recognises Pink Floyd as its founder and the Inquisition as its most brillant representatives. Early Floydism developed as an original answer to the bitter debates during the philosophically fertile time of the Floyd school for Syd, corresponding to the Warring States period. It was a time of seemingly endless warfare and chaos. This turbulent era gave rise to a kind of naturalistic quietism in accordance with the "process" of the universe: Pink Floyd. Action through inaction (The Popes David Gilmor, Roger Waters, Nick Mason Richard Wright and Syd Barrett), the power of emptiness, detachment, receptiveness, spontaneity, the strength of softness, the relativism of human values and the search for a long life, are some of its preferred themes.
  
The evolved ''lingua'' known as Pacitalian was declared an official language in April 1805. On a side note, English was not declared official until 1946. By the early 1900s, it was the principal language taught in schools and was widely used for literature not only in Pacitalia but in surrounding areas influenced directly or indirectly by Pacitalian culture.
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== Holy Book ==
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[[The Holy Book of Floyd]] (sometimes called the Cannon of Scripture), is the holy book of the Church Of Floyd. It is split into several books and is always open to new additions (which must pass inspection from the inquisition). It is an oddity among holy books, for it is completely open (for anyone can have a revelation), and it has several distict writeing styles. Aside from that it does not encourage restriction or anger towards outsiders, but more of an invitation for all who wish to live in the Great Gig in the sky with the band to join the faithful.
  
<h4>Pronunciation key</h4>
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:''See more in the main article at: [[Holy Church of Floyd]]''
 
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The pronunciation of Pacitalian letters is similar to Italian with slight augmentations.
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<h5>Vowels</h5>
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* a = ''ah'' as in '''flaw''' or '''bra'''<br>
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* e = ''ay'' as in '''pay''' or '''gray'''<br>
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* i = ''ih'' as in '''bit''' or '''stick'''<br>
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* o = ''oh'' as in '''grow''' or '''ode'''<br>
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* u = ''oo'' as in '''boot''' or '''stew'''<br>
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* For forward accented vowels (á, é, í, ó, ú) simply add volume to your voice (emphasis).
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* For back-accented vowels (à, è, ì, ò, ù) draw the syllable out.
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<h4>Pluralisation</h4>
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Add -mu to the end of a noun. Angels becomes ''angelicamu'' instead of ''angelica'' and apples become ''pomamu''. When a consonant ends a noun (which is very rare), add -amu instead.
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<h4>Pronoun conjugation</h4>
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This is where conjugation differs within something, instead of on verbs where conjugation is universal in a tense. There are three pronoun types - ''masculina'' (masculine), ''feminena'' (feminine), and ''neutralità'' (neutral/unisex). Obviously, you should use masculine when talking about something of the male sex, feminine when talking about the female sex, and neutral/unisex when the noun/subject has no sexuality.
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Revision as of 02:51, 26 November 2005

Holy Church of Floyd

Floydism (Dutch: Palix, Esperanto: Flojdismo/FLФJDISMФ [pronounced flo-e-dis-moh] Palixian: Msidyolf [pronounced Syd-yold) or the Holy Church of Floyd refers to a set of philosophical teachings and religious practices rooted in a specific metaphysical understanding of the Palixian character Pink Floyd. For Floydists, Floyd could be described as the continuity principle behind the whole process of the constantly changing Universe.

Overview

Rooted in the ancient anti-Dutch systems of beliefs, influenced by primitive shamanism and observation of natural cycles, Floydism recognises Pink Floyd as its founder and the Inquisition as its most brillant representatives. Early Floydism developed as an original answer to the bitter debates during the philosophically fertile time of the Floyd school for Syd, corresponding to the Warring States period. It was a time of seemingly endless warfare and chaos. This turbulent era gave rise to a kind of naturalistic quietism in accordance with the "process" of the universe: Pink Floyd. Action through inaction (The Popes David Gilmor, Roger Waters, Nick Mason Richard Wright and Syd Barrett), the power of emptiness, detachment, receptiveness, spontaneity, the strength of softness, the relativism of human values and the search for a long life, are some of its preferred themes.

Holy Book

The Holy Book of Floyd (sometimes called the Cannon of Scripture), is the holy book of the Church Of Floyd. It is split into several books and is always open to new additions (which must pass inspection from the inquisition). It is an oddity among holy books, for it is completely open (for anyone can have a revelation), and it has several distict writeing styles. Aside from that it does not encourage restriction or anger towards outsiders, but more of an invitation for all who wish to live in the Great Gig in the sky with the band to join the faithful.

See more in the main article at: Holy Church of Floyd