Re: Conlangs in History

In a message dated 2000/08/18 05:31:06 PM, Dirk wrote:

>Hitler wrote _Mein Kampf_ in the Black Speech. William Blake wrote his
>mystical poetry in Lingua Ignota. Beethoven's sketchbooks were kept in
>Speedwords. Jane Austin and Tsolyani.  Bertrand Russell and AllNoun.
>
>Hey, this is kind of fun.
    Too bad poet Thomas Merton didn't write in various pidgin languages of
the South Pacific in his last two epic poems (_Cables to the Ace_ and
_Logogria_ {sp?})... Merton is the first writer to get me intrigued with
pidgins.

    Also too bad sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick didn't invent more of his
ConLang (i.e. CitySpeak). [I kinda wish more sci-fi writers were into
futuristic ConLangs, esp'ly pidgins & creoles, futuristic Englishes,
Spanishes, Chineses, and Hindis & various mixes of some and all... etc.]

    ... well back to my futuristic ConLang Lingwa Frakas (which is shapin' up
nicely to bein' a "mutani Inglis-Romanico-lingwa jarigonzo pidjin" <<mutant
English-Romance slang pidgin>>)

    zHANg