Re: OT: Conlangea Dreaming

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.
Nice! Which Elizabeth? The first, I suppose.

> Do other people construct languages in their sleep?
No, I just dream in Latin :-) I wish I'd dream in Valdyan! I do have
dreams set in Valdyas, or dreams in which I see the world I usually
live in through Valdyan eyes, but the language spoken is usually
either explicitly Dutch or English (I'm quite bilingual even in my
dreams) or some generic language that doesn't present itself as
anything in particular.

> 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.
Or that it's prounounced /-xt-/, which is how I pronounced it.

> I am thinking about doing something conculturish with this island
> nation, and creating the language as I go along. :)
Keep us posted!

> ma buda luna-li-aneala...ma dita luna!
Culi? Ce? Qué? Beth? In one word: What? The only thing I can
understand is 'luna'.

   Irina

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           Varsinen an laynynay, saraz no arlet rastynay.
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