Re: alcohol & drugs in ConLangs/ConCultures(was Re: tender age)

>From: J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...>
>Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 15:24:40 EDT
>
>     BTW I am workin' on a ConCulture for my ConLang
>     [sorta brief preview: Kaoz Babul Ingaliz is a polyglot-English creole
>on
>the tiny island country of Tauru ... located near the equator, SW of the
>Philipines in the South China Sea, roughly north of Brunei and Borneo...
>populated by the descendants of native Malayo-Polynesians, Indonesians,
>European colonialists, Chinese (mostly Cantonese), Indians (mostly Hindi),
>and various peoples from that particular South China Sea region plus a
>sizable number of European, American, Australian, New Zealander and
>Japanese
>expatriates (pop.: 9,000 in 2020).
>     Tauru has a colourful history, i.e. early history of bein' a pirate
>stronghold, colonized or occupied by various nations or armed forces at one
>time or another (i.e. Portuguese, Spanish, French, British, Japanese,
>combined American & Chinese WW2 "freedom fighters", Vietnam-era CIA/Air
>America, Islamic Moro "terrorists," French secret service agents before &
>after the sinking of the Greenpeace ship _Rainbow Warrior_ in 1985, etc.
>before gaining full &total independence in 2020 with aid and support from:
>Fri Ripablik Blong Vanuatu {a.k.a. the Free Republic of Vanuatu}
>the Maori Cooperative of Aotearoa/the Green Republic of New Zealand,
>the Democratic Kingdoms of Hawa'ii and United Free Polynesia,
>the Islamic Autonomy of Brunei,
>the People's Socialist Democracy of Indonesia,
>Wantok Bilong Nugini {a.k.a. the United States of New Guinea}
>the United Confederation of Micronesian States,
>Bharat {a.k.a. the Unified Pluralist States of Greater India}
>and the Libertarian Socialist Democracies of Southern China and United
>Indochina
>as well as Vatican III, the Dalai Lama, the Aga Khan, the Global Green
>Party
>Confederation and Greenpeace) ... MORE DETAILS to come...]

No *THAT*'s a conglomeration of groups!  I'd love to see the con-history
that brought all those disperate groups into agreement on the independence
of some little island.  Werry intahreshtink.

Adam

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