Re: OT: Conlangea Dreaming

*waves of linguistic jealousy flood over me*  :)



On Thu, 5 Oct 2000, M.S. Soderquist wrote:

> I had a dream last night that included some really strange hybrid of
> Spanish and English that was spoken in a lush island paradise ruled over
> by a queen named Lisabehtita, who looked suspiciously like a young Queen
> Elizabeth. It's got me feeling all creative today. The spoken language
> sounded a bit like Brazilian Portuguese to me, actually.
>
> Do other people construct languages in their sleep? I am sure this has
> been addressed before, but it was just so vivid in my mind, and I caught
> myself breaking it down in my dream-- "Oh, that's like English, that's
> like Spanish".
>
> I thought it was interesting that the queen's name was closer to
> "Elizabeth" than "Isabel". I only saw it in print under her portrait, so
> I don't know what that "h" is doing in there in the name-- whether there
> is the th ('thorn') sound (spelled 'ht'), if it is silent, or if it does
> something to the "e" right before it.
>
> I am thinking about doing something conculturish with this island
> nation, and creating the language as I go along. :)
>
> --
>
> M.S. Soderquist
> ma buda luna-li-aneala...ma dita luna!
>

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