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

From:Adam Walker <dreamertwo@...>
Date:Wednesday, September 19, 2001, 10:10
>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 _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp