Re: Translating from a conlang into a conlang

On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, John Cowan wrote:

> ObConlang: Classical Latin is essentially an artificial language devised
> to make the vulgar Roman aristocracy sound intelligent.
Well, yes. When I write Latin (and I do sometimes) it turns out
medievalish; a little less artificial, I think. We tried to teach
ourselves Latin as a spoken language, but then we had kids and
nothing came of it except the odd catch-phrase in dog Latin, like
"problema est", "quid vult felis?" and "filia mea" (which our eldest
daughter at about two years old immediately picked up, referring to
herself as "fiamea").

   Irina


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