Re: USAGE: (Mis)Naming a Language

To bring some closure to the issue...

Sally wrote:

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I love the name Kelenala!  "Tongue joy!"
>>
~:D  I really liked it too.  And that's part of what made it easier to
change the name, in response to Jan.  Also, though, in comparing
our situations, Hattic is an ancient language, whereas Kele is
apparently still spoken by a living community.  I just felt a little
uncomfortable with using the same name for my created language,
since there's a live group of people who might not want the
association.  Besides, I'm really beginning to like Kelenala.

Oh!  That reminds me.  One day I should tell everyone about my
latest conlang project.  The name, in X-SAMPA, is ['sp&.nIS].  ;)

Sally also wrote:

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Let people think it's the Kalevala
and be surprised. :)  (It bugs me when Google tries to correct me.)
>>
Isn't that presumptuous?  "I'm sorry," says Google, "but it appears
to us that you need more practice operating your computer.  Clearly
what you meant to type was..."

Sally still:

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I'm curious to know if your correspondent replied to your correction, and if
so, what he said.
>>
I actually got a reply today, and, rather surprisingly, he didn't say anything
about my language inventing.  He thanked me for taking some time to address
his questions.  (I do know a few things about African languages, so I tried to
help out.)  One of the things I asked him was why he wanted Kele phrases
specifically, since I'd heard of whistling/drumming registers before, but
(obviously) never of the natlang Kele.  He said it was because of one book
he had as a source, called The Talking Drums of Africa by J.F. Carrington
(anyone heard of it?), that focused exclusively on Kele.  I let him know that
he might look at other languages that might be a little more well-known,
and he might get better results, and I put him in contact with a couple
professors I know who might help.

Oh, he also said his son, who's a senior in high school, is considering
UCSD for his undergrad.  I'm debating whether or not to tell him that, in
my opinion, UCSD is really *not* an ideal place to go as an undergraduate,
even though it's the third ranked UC, for quite a number of reasons...

Anyway, he seems to be interested in web-based materials, so if he
sends me any updates, I'll pass them on to the list.  For now, I should
really get to sleep, and get back to thinking about my phonetics project.

-David