Re: Ah-ha! New computer, YANC and fluency

M. Sherryandra Soderquist wrote:

OK, here's my fluency wish-list:

CONLANGS
1. Aredos- my first true conlanging love... But it's a bit like learning a
harder version of Latin.
2. Arvorec, because I am quite taken with it right now, and it's my most
recent conlang.
3. Brithenig, because it is wonderfully Celtic yet easy because of its
romance origins.
4. Verdurian, because I have a lingering affection for soa sfahe, even
theough its creator holds himself aloof from other conlangers.
5. Ido, when I can find a book on it.

NATLANGS
1. Cornish. I can write it with a grammar and dictionary, but I want to
speak it!
2. Breton. Same reasons as for Cornish
3. Castillian. It sounds nice and is easy for French and Italian speakers.
4. Romanian. It just looks so cool!
5. Occitan. Again, it just looks so cool!

> I am not fluent in any of my languages. I used to know quite a
> lot of ea-luna when I was keeping a diary in it, but that has
> been quite a long time ago. Right now I am working on regaining
> my fluency and literacy in Spanish. I have a list of conlangs on
> my "Fluency Wish List". Here are my top 5 lists:
>
> CONLANGS:
> 1. ea-luna, because it is my own and my favorite among all of my
> own.
> 2. NGL, because I have been marginally involved, and I have
> enjoyed watching it grow. It really is pretty cool to see the new
> translations and compositions that come up on that list, even if
> I really can't read them very well.
> 3. Esperanto, because, despite its faults and my complete
> skepticism about the whole IAL premise, I kinda have a warm spot
> in my heart for it. At least I'd have other people to talk to,
> and I've met a lot of friendly esperantistojn on the web.
> 4. Yufora, because it is another one of mine, it has a cool name,
> and it really does sound nice. (I did have that one recording on
> my web page that wasn't very good, but it really does sound
> better than that. LOL)
> 5. Tokana, because it is my favorite artlang by someone else.
>
> NATLANGS:
> 1. Spanish -- more a matter of brushing up than anything else,
> and it has brought me such joy over the years!
> 2. Arabic -- It is pretty to my ear, and to my eye.
> 3. Italian -- I had a brief but intense love affair with Italian
> in college, and I still haven't gotten over it.
> 4. Irish -- Fascinates me!
> 5. Indonesian -- I started learning Bahasa Indonesia on my own
> and set it aside to get back to, sooner or later. Pretty neat.
> Maybe sooner or later will come around, sooner or later.
>
> I am working on my Spanish right now because it had gotten rusty,
> and that seemed a real shame to me. Unfortunately, the only
> people I have to talk to regularly are Liam and Lilia (ages 3 and
> 1). I had originally wanted to speak to Liam in ea-luna when he
> was born, but I felt a little silly and wasn't confident enough
> about my fluency to really do it. I wish I had gone through with
> it just to improve my own fluency!
Conlang native-speakers! Wonderful! BTW, I love your name- where's it from?

Dan