Re: The disappeared conlang (and: Character sets)

On Tue, 22 Jan 2002, Christophe Grandsire wrote:

>
> I've had the opposite experience: a grammar written obviously by my hand (I can
> recognize my own handwriting :)) ) though I couldn't remember (and still can't)
> when I wrote it. So basically I had a language without a name, and a grammar
> sketch without a father :))) . I baptised the language O, to refer to the void
> of my memory about it :) .
>
In my quest I found something like that, too. A single page, containing
tantalizing statements about modal prefixes. It doesn't fit any
language that I know of...

>
> Be careful. What would be best for the novel after all: carrying on though
> lacking some of the backing material, or take time to reconstruct the language
> and have thus something to help consistency?
>
Well, I have done my thousand words today, so I decided to give in. I
hope to be able to announce shortly a concise and preliminary sketch
of the Classical Charyan Language...

>
> Sometimes, stopping writing may be the best way to quicken a novel's writing...
Oh, I'm quite up to speed. Over 30.000 words written, and lots of
stuff in the pipeline. At this rate I'll need first readers for
the first draft this year...

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