Re: Need advice on Troll!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Danny Wier [mailto:dawier@HOTMAIL.COM]
> Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2002 2:16 AM
> Subject: Need advice on Troll!
>
>
> Well I changed some things around on LANKA (went back to
> using K for /k/ and /g/ instead of C). I made the trolls the
> product of a revival of Neanderthal man and threw in the
> legends of Bigfoot and Yeti and the like.
>
> Also, I'm still not sure about where I'm going to get the
> vocabulary; it could
> be:
>
> 1) From French and English, my original plan
> 2) From French, English, Spanish and German
> 3) From the "Big Six" languages used to create Lojban
> 4) From Esperanto
> 5) From Latin, including Latinified Greek
Well, if the trolls are set in our future, I think the most likely
Thing would be either 1 or 2.  I doubt they will be speaking latin
40 years from now.


> Another option is using Greek capitals instead of Latin. (Or
> the Trolls that live in Russian-controlled areas could use
> Cyrillic too I suppose.)
Same thing, although if the Russians are still at Antarctica in 40 years
I think the Cyrillic idea might work.   As for Greek, same as I've said,
I doubt there's a reason for them to be exposed to Greek letters, but
If you wanted to add some variety to there culture, it might work :)

> I noticed the Lojban list contains no numerals. I was
> thinking of not having any spoken words for numbers, but
> instead using sign language along with the numbered item
> (that is, "three trees" is simply saying "tree" while holding
> up three fingers).
>
> What would be the most likely lexical items to be
> communicated manually rather than orally?
I often find myself expressing physical adjectives physically :)  I
Indicate BIG with my hands when I'm talking about a big thing, both
Physically and otherwise.

> (Also, I failed to mention that the Trolls were going to be
> called Orcs, but that sounded too much like I was ripping off
> from Tolkien and AD&D.)
>
> ~Danny~
>