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CHAT: big words

From:James Campbell <james@...>
Date:Wednesday, March 15, 2000, 8:13
Shreyas Sampat skrivet:

> I'm new too. > I have somewhat of a language in the works, and it's bad. Dreadful. > Unutterably, obscenely, horribly bad. > I'll post it eventually, though, because you're obviously all much more > competent than I and hopefully I'll learn something while you're > discussing linguistics with all those big words you use.
Don't be shy. I've come to the conclusion, after 3 or 4 years here (on and off), that most of the time they just make up the "big words" to confuse the rest of us. :) Just enjoy it, and if the language feels good to *you*, it's right. (Of course, you might *want* it to feel bad; that's OK too...) James ========================================================================= james@zolid.com James Campbell Zeugma--Our Life Is Design www.zolid.com =========================================================================