James Campbell wrote:
> H=EFlad,
>
> I am coming to the opinion that a good way to practise speaking one's
> conlang is to use it when talking to the cat. Such conversations have a
> number of benefits:
>
> * It is essentially one-sided,
don't be too sure of that. i defer to sally's expert opinion.
> so there is no need to spend time trying
> to work out what the other person is saying; this gives more time to
> concentrate on getting the right case, word order, etc for one's own
> next sentence. Cat speech, while somewhat ambiguous (see Conlang
> passim) is easy to parse.
please don't confuse "ambiguous" for "subtle" or "highly metaphorical, i=
n a
slippery sort of way"
diana