Re: an accidental conlang

--- Rachel Klippenstein <estel_telcontar@...>
wrote:
> Gary Shannon ha tera a:
>
<snip>

> > Or for that matter, have them get together in an
> > Internet forum were the rule is that NO natlang or
> > pre-existing conlang would be permitted in any
> post
> > on that forum.
>
> The problem with doing it the internet way, I think,
> would be that it
> would be hard to get the initial meanings of words
> established, because
> you can't use point-and-enact methods... no, wait,
> that's not such a
> problem, because you're starting with some
> predefined words.
>
I think the biggest difficulty would be that instead
of just talking _about_ the language the participants
would have to become at least somewhat fluent in the
language.  Fluent enough, at least, to dabble in
different styles of prose and poetry in the language
in order to explore the possibilities by practical
example instead of just theoretically.

--gary