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> On Sun, 18 Jul 1999 23:56:38 -0600 Adam Parrish <myth@...> writes:
> > I'm curious as to how other conlangers have solved the problem
> >of cosmic location, since it does seem to be rather vital to an
> >important part of a language's vocabulary. It seems to me that most
> >of
> >us have languages set in an Earth with a different social history
> >(extreme: Tokana, where civilization never took place; less extreme:
> >Brithenig, where history diverged hundreds of years ago; even less
> >extreme: Elet Anta and Teonaht, which make no modification to history
> >except to suggest the presence of secretive subcultures). An almost
> >equal proportion have chosen to locate their creations on distant
> >planets (the Kolagian languages, many of Nik Taylor's creations, and
> >the
> >ubiquitous Star Trek languages). I'm not satisfied with either of
> >these
> >options. Have I missed anything? Is there a middle ground?
>
> >Whee, I've rambled long enough,
> >Adam
>
> Hmm...the middle ground must be Rokbeigalmki :) , since it's set in
> Tolkien's Middle Earth. It's Earth, but it's also not Earth.
>
> -Stephen (Steg)
>
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