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Re: Conlanging as a personal thing

From:Dan Jones <devobratus@...>
Date:Wednesday, March 12, 2003, 5:41
Herman Miller wrote:
>On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 21:36:42 -0500, Mike Ellis <nihilsum@...> >wrote: > > > Is there some kind of mental block that makes one's own constructed > >language harder to learn than a natural one? > >I don't know; I used to be able to write in Olaetian without looking too >many words up. But my recent languages change so much that I can't remember >much of anything without looking it up.
I think that maybe a posteriori conlangs are easier to learn than a priori conlangs. For example I can write fairly fluently in Arvorec, due to its similarities to Welsh, a language I am immersed in every day. I even have the reprehensible habit of using Arvorec words in Welsh and vice versa without realising. Also, several of us have no problem with the *passive* comprehension of languages like Brithenig or Kerno, without any real effort to learn them (altho' I have just translated something into Brithenig for my website and had to look most of the words up). Dan -------------------------------- Pa vezer o vageal e bae Douarnenez e klever a-wechoù un trouz iskis: Kleier kêr Is a zo a seniñ dinandan ar mor.

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Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...>
Dan Sulani <dnsulani@...>
Dan Jones <devobratus@...>