Re: Accidental Conlanging

On Wed, 22 Jan 2003 04:24:17 -0000 "Bryan Maloney <slimehoo@...>"
<slimehoo@...> writes:
> Anyone here engaged in accidental conlanging?
> I did while setting up a D&D campaign this summer.  I wanted to
> have
> some place names, that was all, but I wanted them to all have a
> similar "flavor".  Next thing I knew, I was developing grammar,
> roots, a rudimentary consonant mutation schema...
> Then I remembered that "Thak want thump head!" was supposed to be
> the point of this campaign--beer & pretzels gaming.
> Conlanging:  It's not a hobby, it's a mental illness.
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Naaa... what you're describing sounds like more of an instinct.


-Stephen (Steg)
 "was it breast camp?"
     ~ 'clone high'

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