Yepyep YHL (was Re: I'm new!)

On Sat, 21 Oct 2000 09:52:15 -0400, YHL wrote:

>
>  I looked at IAL's only this summer, really, and thought, Nah.  But then,
as a writer-aspirant I'm too fond of the idiosyncrasies and varieties of
languages as they exist.  :-)

        Well there are a few IALs that were purposely made to be naturalistic-like
and are IMHO closer to creative conlangs: Richard Harrison's Vorlin and
Zengo immediately pop into my Higher Primate Mind
(http://rick.harrison.net/langlab) and also Novial seems pretty interesting.
[Rick Harrison's essay "Farewell to IALs" is worth reading... it's under
_Ideas_ in his LangLab website]

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>
>  I've seen a 7-language dictionary for sale in the Campus Store at Cornell
>  but don't know if that's what you mean by a polyglot dictionary.
        Yep, that's a polyglot dictionary... but I 'd like more than just 7
European-centric languages. I have seen a polyglot dictionary at my public
library that is titled _Comprehensive Dictionary of 27 Languages_ (published
circa 1966 or '67) that has a much wider variety of languages. Unfortunately
the library Authoritarians won't let that dictionary outta their eyeballing
range & without signing for it in triplicate (sheesh they might as well have
it on a chain and 1 ton iron ball). Darn... I was gonna "borrow" it for a
few months and then return it. Honest ;)

>
>  >         sorta OBCONLANG: I am gonna start learning ASL (Amerslan,
American Sign
>  > Language). Perhaps even get certified as an interpreter. I am already
making
>  > notes on my 2nd conlang, based on ASL-like topic-comment syntax with a
>  > polyglot lexicon. As of yet un-named... sorta like a name like
_Ling_...or
>  > _Lila_
>  >
>  That's neat!  I wish I could learn ASL, but it's one of many projects
>  that's getting shoved off into the indeterminate future.  You can take
>  ASL at Cornell U. through Ithaca College, but it entails actually being
>  able to get there and back reliably, which is difficult without a
>  car...and while the bus system here is good, it would probably preclude
>  my being able to make my Cornell classes.  <sigh>  Have fun!
>
>  YHL
        Kinda hard for me to commute from the West Coast  *gigglabyte* :}
        I am gonna look into various cheap ways to learn ASL... one is I am gonna
_hook-up_ with some deaf people and their hearing/signing friends. Deaf
culture seems very intriguing... a great possible real-life immersion in a
different mode of existence.

        czHANg

"Before the beginning of great brilliance, there must be chaos. Before a
brilliant person begins something great, they must look foolish to the
crowd."
- from the _I Ching_






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