Re: Back!

On Tue, 20 Jul 1999, Irina Rempt-Drijfhout wrote:

> Well, Valdyas is in "the world" and *I* don't care whether this is an
> alternate earth, a distant planet, something in the past or the
> future, or anything else; I don't think it's any of those things, and
> it's not relevant anyway because it's an imaginary world (even
> started out as fantasy), to be taken on its own terms, not as related
> to anything that we know. There was never a problem to solve; it's no
> question of a middle ground, there's no compromise because there are
> no opposing options.
>
        Ah.  This is exactly the point of view I was looking for on this
issue.  In fact, this is the way that I feel about Endra (the
world in which Doraya and Kusthu and most of my other languages are
spoken) -- it's a world by itself, without a need to be physically
connected to anything else out there.  (I was actually hoping that you'd
reply to this thread, since I've seen (and admired!) your Valdyas pages
and recognized them as something I'd like to emulate.)

> Of course the surroundings have influence on the language. But where
> *exactly* it is doesn't make a difference. Does it for us, except
> those of us who are astronomers (or science fiction writers for that
> matter ;-) ?
>
        Indeed.  Personally, I'm not an astronomer or a science fiction
writer.  I can definitely understand the need for pinpoint scientific
accuracy, but taking this entire thread into consideration, I think I'll
give it a miss with Endra. :)

Later,
Adam
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