Re: CHAT: Three questions from a lurker

On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, Beorn - wulf 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
Welsh, eh?  No, David, I think that "Hello Corey," a middle-school
student who popped in asking for data for his/her report is younger
than you by at least two years.  But this person did not admit to making
a language, and already at sixteen you have far exceeded me and my one
conlang when I was your age.  Keep it up.  How did/do I decide on my
morphemes?  By what sounded good to me.  I don't have a computer program
to ease my inventions.  It's all manual and oral.

Sally

BTW, the Teonaht below is an adaptation of a famous Welsh englyn from
the Red Book of Hergest.  I hope your interest in Welsh will lead you
to study it and its literature in College someday.
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Sally Caves

Li fetil'aiba, dam hoja-le uen.
volwin ly, vul inua aiba bronib.

This leaf, the wind takes her.
She's old, and born this year.
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