On Sun, 12 Nov 2000, David Stokes wrote:
> Amensazhus liel !
> (Greeting in Diom.)
> ("May the day be beautiful.")
Hanre shen! ("Bright day!") Welcome!
> It is not finished, but then it sounds like conlangs are never finished.
Of course not. They're *languages*.
> 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 ?
All the time. I can't just sit down and make things up; I have to
fish for what's right.
Irina
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Varsinen an laynynay, saraz no arlet rastynay.
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