Re: CHAT: Three questions from a lurker

At 16:52 02/11/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi all list people.  I am generally a lurker, but I have to ask: am I the
>youngest conlanger on this list?  I'm 16 and have made five languages.
>Right now I'm working on one based on Welsh.  Oh, and I have another two
>questions, because somehow I didn't get the responses the first time.
>How do you decide on your vocabularies/morphemes?  And what computer
>program do you use.  I use Excel myself because of the ease of
>alphabetizing.
>Well, I'll go back to lurking.  Thanks a lot.
>David
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        After reading all those mails from people I often never read any
mail of (and got older and older as I read them, I'm 22!), I've finally
decided to answer to David as I think he shouldn't go back to lurking (by
the way, how many people are we in CONLANG, and how many are lurkers -shame
on u!-).

        First, one question: do you have a webpage, or are you creating one?
As any other conlanger, I like to see what the others do. If you have one,
I'll be pleased to add a link into my webpage.

        Second, one answer: I never use computers to make my conlangs. In
fact, I use computers only to copy what I wrote down by hand (it's true for
everything I write, my short stories or my conlangs, or anything else!). I
don't know why, but I'm more imaginative and self-consistent with a pen than
with a keyboard. For my vocabularies, I create them by hand, with two main
manners:
-when a word just pops up in my mind, I write it down and try to find the
"exact" sound it needs (depends on the conlang).
-when I translate a text (rarely!), I create words as I need them. But even
if this last way seems more consistent, I don't like it very much as I stay
too close to the meanings of the words in the original language (French
often). In order to create really new words, I prefer the first way of
creating (many fellow conlangers will disagree with me I think).

        Third, one pledge: don't go back to lurking again! I'm sure your
opinion about the many questions that are raised in the list would be very
useful for everybody, and when I say that, I'm talking to every lurker in
the list. Can you hear me? Hello!

                                                Christophe Grandsire
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"R=E9sister ou servir"

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