Re: Hello...

David Stokes a escreit:

> Amensazhus liel !
> (Greeting in Diom.)
> ("May the day be beautiful.")
>
> My name is David Stokes. I've been reading the list for a couple of
> weeks now, but this is my first official post.
Bemvenút a Conlang! (Arveunan for "welcome to Conlang")

> I've been conlanging for years, but not with much sustained effort.
> About a year ago I discovered some of the sites on the web and was
> inspired to drag out my old attempts and work on the again.
>
> You can see my main project, Diom, on the web at:
>
> http://www.bloomington.in.us/~dstokes/diom_intro.html
>
> Diom is an inflectional language, with a free word order, sort of like
> Latin or Greek. It was made for a fantasy game world. It is not meant to
> be related to any RW languages, although French speakers (and I am not a
> member of that group, by the way) might recognize some of the
> vocabulary. One of the early source of vocabulary was heraldry terms,
> many of which are from Old French.
ami-, anel, arbel, av? aimer, agneau, arbre, oeuf?

> It is not finished, but then it sounds like conlangs are never finished.
No, they mature like a fine wine, after a while they tase better and go
straight to your head.

> Please take a look and let me know what you think of it.
Fascinating! I love the way the language looks!

> One thing I found when working on Diom is that I was too close to it. I
> repeatedly found myself paralyzed when I'd come up with something, then
> say "No, thats not right." and erase it. I was making it up so it would
> seem like I could do anything I wanted. But it felt like there was an
> already existing correct language out there and I was just trying to
> find out what it was. Does this happen to the rest of you ?
Yep.

> So now I have decided to set Diom aside for a while and work on some
> other projects. These will give me chance to try out some other ideas.
> Then maybe when I go back to Diom I can progress a little more easily. I
> will discuss these other projects in future posts.
Yes, please.

Dan Jones

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cuebra um deroát a zi sem,
Break a piece of wood and I am there,
                                            cuoca um perro tu me meitera
  Dan Jones                         Lift a rock and you will find me
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