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Re: CHAT: Three questions from a lurker

From:Herman Miller <hmiller@...>
Date:Tuesday, November 3, 1998, 6:35
On Mon, 2 Nov 1998 16:52:33 -0700, Beorn - wulf <dethyvon@...> =
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
I've tried all sorts of methods for vocabulary building, but there really aren't any shortcuts that I've found. The methods generally fall into two categories: creating new words as necessary, or compiling long lists of words in particular categories, which may never end up being used at all. I've tried random and semi-random methods, but the results weren't very satisfying, and I've gone back to creating each word by hand. For the = last five years or so, I've used Microsoft Word to keep track of the = vocabulary.