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

On Wed, 12 Apr 2000 00:13:38 -0400, "M. Sherryandra Soderquist"
<tuozin@...> wrote:

>Why another one? I mean, do I need another one? I still have
>ea-luna to work on, and I have SO MANY other languages at various
>stages!
On the other hand, why not another one? I used to sketch out dozens of
languages and pick out one or two to develop in more depth. I actually got
some use out of them. But the last couple years I've been stuck working on
a small number of huge projects that never seem to end, and so far I
haven't had any practical use for Tirelat or Ludireo. Tirelat changes so
frequently that I haven't written anything more involved than "The quick
brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" and "If you seek a pleasant peninsula,
look around you". I've been spending all that time creating and organizing
the vocabulary. Ludireo was doomed from the start to be a time-consuming
project, with all its vocabulary selected from dozens of natlangs.

I've actually been thinking about starting a bunch of new projects the way
I used to work, starting right out with text in the language, creating
vocabulary and syntax as the need arises.

>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:
I've never been fluent in anything but English. I knew Olaetyan pretty
well, though. But if I did have the time and patience to become fluent in a
bunch of languages, these would be on the list:

CONLANGS:
1. Azirian, the language of the furry people of Azir. I haven't even
started developing this one yet, but it'll probably look like a cross
between Zireen, Jarrda, and some of the Thrinn languages.
2. A new Elvish language, also as yet undesigned.
3. Jarrda, one of my favorites of the Kolagian languages.
4. Esperanto, because it's a classic.
5. Klingon, so that I can read Shakespeare in the original language!

NATLANGS:
There are so many languages that it would be cool to know. It's hard to
decide. I'm sure Japanese would be on the list, just because I've put so
much time, money, and effort into trying to learn it already, and it would
be nice to get to the point where I can read Japanese web sites. I'd also
like to learn Chinese well; I've been interested in Chinese ever since I
took a class in my junior year of college, but I couldn't fit it into my
schedule after that. I'd also like to refresh my Spanish, French, German,
and Russian, which I had in high school and college. If I can ever find a
copy of R.M.W. Dixon's grammars of Dyirbal and Yidiny that I borrowed from
the MSU library way back when, I'd also like to learn those languages. I'll
check if they're still there the next time I'm in Michigan. So let's see
what my top 5 would be. Hmm....

1. Japanese
2. Chinese
3. Finnish
4. Ancient Greek
5. Dyirbal

No wonder I never got fluent in any of these languages. I can never decide
which ones to study!

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