Re: Non-humanoid langs
From: | B. Garcia <madyaas@...> |
Date: | Tuesday, April 26, 2005, 21:23 |
On 4/26/05, Roger Mills <rfmilly@...> wrote:
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> Wesley Parish wrote:
> And then there is the unspeakable utterances of Cthulhu and crew in
> > Lovecraft ... ia, ia, ia, ftagn!
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> ..with their Godless phonemes. :-))))) (Perhaps Barry G's "friend" is a
> HPL
> fan-- BTW a collection of his stories has just been published; it received
> a
> perplexed but ultimately favorable review in the Sunday NYTimes)
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Well, she at least writes like she's emulating him ;).
I've always liked HPL's stories. He makes New England Creepier than King
makes Maine (moral: Stay away from small towns in Maine and New England).
Has anyone created a conlang based off of the few words Cthulian words in
HPL's stories?
--
They'll have a big parade for every day that you stay clean
But when the trumpets fade, you'll go under like a submarine
And you won't see it coming, no you won't see it coming
You could have it made up there in San Rafael
But baby I'm afraid i'll never see you well
because i've seen the tally
you're just going through the motions, baby