Re: Lost in Space....err, Time

Steg wrote concerning vacillating between two forms of his language, one
ancient and one more modern.

Something like this happens to me in relation to Druni.  When I first started
cataloguing the language I felt that certain forms and words were quite
natural to Druni and so accepted them into the language without question.  As
I began to use them however, I found that I was consistently misspelling them.
Eventually I adopted the "misspelling".  I came to the conclusion the the
language was trying to tell me something.  So, the original "ashpal" became
"aspal" etc.

Also, in usage I found that certain words "insisted" on being pronounced in
certain ways even though I originally had other ideas. So, the original
"prunshi" became "prundji" etc.

It may be, Steg, that your language has a life of its own and is trying to
tell you something.  Perhaps there are socio-cultural reasons that this
admixture of forms is taking place.....?  Why not go with it and see where it
leads?

Jim H
ta Druntan