Re: Plastic Surgery on a Conlang

En réponse à Christian Thalmann <cinga@...>:

>
> I do like double vowels, though I prefer using diphtongs such as
> |ei ao ou| etc to represent long vowels.  =)
>
> Unfortunately, I'm quite happy with the strict (T)(S)V(C) syllable
> structure.  Diphthongs are realized by filling glides into the (S)
> or (C) slot.  This prevents "superheavy" syllables.
>
Since you allow (T)(S)V(C), |koutre| would be possible, wouldn't it? And IIRC
it's |ou| which is pronounced as [o:] (you see, I followed your previous
mails :)) ).

> Furthermore, my native script writes vowels as diacritics on
> consonants, which would be problematic with double vowels.
>
Then I understand the use of glides for long vowels. It's basically what Arabic
does.

>
> True.  In fact, I had already decided to do so when writing the Babel
> text in popular notation -- prior to reading your post.  =)  See my
> next post for the Babel text.
>
:)) Great minds think alike :) .

>
> Yes, I'm quite fond of Tolkien's langs, especially Quenya.  The letter
> |f| is one of my least favorite, though.  =P
>
It doesn't bother me actually. In fact, there's no letter whose shape I really
dislike. There's always a way to write them nicely (for instance, I don't like
much the shape of k, but write it shorter, and you obtain kappa that I like
quite much :)) . But as a rule I often prefer the Greeek letters to their Latin
counterparts :)) ).

>
> ::gag::
>
> Heh, very original, and I'm sure it has been lots of fun to spawn,
> but its effect on my aesthetic sense is comparable to a Nazgul.  =P
>
Well, Nazgul is pretty phonetic :)) . Here it's everything but phonetic :)) .

>
> Definitely!  It certainly helps healing the emotional wounds of my
> previous, ignored posts.  ;-)
>
Well, I did read those posts. I just didn't have anything intelligent to reply
to them, so I basically shut up.

>
> ::drumroll::
>
> Obrenje.
>
> ::panicked screaming::
>
Well, I'm still there :) . See, it doesn't drive people away (at least not me,
but it's difficult to drive me away even if you want it :)) ).

Christophe.

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