Re: Why conlang

>I don't know if you meant this strictly for Noelle (what a beautiful
>name), but I think it's a good question for all of us.
Thanks... ;)

>Me, I do it because it's one thing I can have control over, and I can make
>the speaker of my languages as noble or base as I like.  Right now, it's a
>refuge from the pain of current events.  I am making a beautiful tropical
>island that speaks a language a bit like Hawai'ian, but different.  I
>guess I make the languages of the places I wish I could be.
>
>--Pat
Hawaiian.. cool.. Most of the conlangs I've started (and not finished; there are dozens
of these) end up looking sort of like a very watered-down version of
Japanese... don't know why.

Noelle

The Aquamarine Demon
"When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I'm always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?' "


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