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Re: YAC: Widse -- a conlang based on Ygyde

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Monday, January 27, 2003, 20:08
En réponse à Tristan <kesuari@...>:

> > > You realise what this means, don't you? I'm really am going to have to > come up with something new, but to do that, I'll need to find out all > things old, which'll require a new thread! Muahaha! >
Go ahead! Those threads are always a goldmine of information :)) .
> > > Well, that'll involve making the clusters; Ygyde wasn't very helpful > in > that respect.
High vowels often disappear between consonants, if that may help :) . But I need to make 'em anyway... (Anyone feel like an
> onset like /rtfl/?
Yep! I love it!!!
> > > Oh, good. It could've just been a one-off oddity, though I'm not too > keen on them. I prefer my oddities and irregularities to be normal and > regular. >
And thus reach only Etabnannery ;))) . But it's nice too. True Maggelity is extremely difficult to reach anyway :) .
> > > Only because we have Ks with our Cs: if we didn't, wouldn't <bac> > /b&k/ > and <fac> /f&is/ be more interesting? >
LOL. Indeed. Those ones would be nice ones :) .
> > > I prefer my letters to combine into horrible cominations so it looks > like you have a silent letter, but really, it's just a part of the > bigger picture. I mean, the <l> out of <ailu>, it'd suggest something > more like /2:/ that /eu/. >
Hehe, true silent letters in Maggel are not rare, but more common are seemingly silent letters which actually have somewhat of an influence :) .
> > > There is more than one Path to Maggelity. Or is that just dialectal? > 'There are' would make more logical sense... >
I guess I made agreement according to the sense this time... But it was a mistake of mine yes :( .
> > > Whose language is it? :P >
Hehe, you ask for comments, you get them :)) . You have all freedom to do whatever you want with them ;)) .
> > > Yes... that makes sense... I think someone who came with an artlang > left > because no-one praised (or criticised) them for it... Maybe you're > right. (Oh, and btw: a critic is someone who criticises or critiques; > the word you're after is criticism.) >
Yep, sorry. I often confuse them. Damn influence of my mothertongue! :((
> > > No, but his reaction to the language could've been something :P >
Indeed :) .
> > > I dunno. Is that particularly Dadaish? Wouldn't Post-Modern be a > better > description? >
What's the difference? ;))) [snip extremely interesting story]
> One more time, slowly for the man in the back: > /i IdZagu/ > /i:J\aGu/ > /i:J\awu/ > /@iJ\aM\u/ *regularisation!* > /@iJ\oM\u/ > /r\ioM\o/ > /r\iM\o:/. > > Pesky little approximates. >
OK, when my eyes stop rolling I'll tell you what I think of it ;))))) . Christophe. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr Take your life as a movie: do not let anybody else play the leading role.

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Tristan <kesuari@...>