Re: Conlanging as a personal thing
| From: | Dan Jones <devobratus@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, March 12, 2003, 5:41 |
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Herman Miller wrote:
>On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 21:36:42 -0500, Mike Ellis <nihilsum@...>
>wrote:
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> > Is there some kind of mental block that makes one's own constructed
> >language harder to learn than a natural one?
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>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
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