Re: CHAT: Most boring part of constructing a new language?

On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Barry Garcia wrote:

> So, i look
> for interesting roots and put down whatever word comes to my mind first
> (or think of a word and scroll down the list for a root that fits).
Yes, that's also the way I do it. I have a "spare roots file" (sorely
depleted after all those translation exercises) that I dip into when
I need a word for a meaning - very seldom it's the other way around,
when a word comes up that almost shouts its meaning at me (_orla_
"eagle" did that, it's the same as the Church Slavonic word but
analyzes very neatly in Valdyan as "grand master bird").

The most boring part - I'm hardly ever bored :-)

The most *frustrating* part is trying to write a formal grammar; I
have hardly any expertise and I'm married to someone who does, so I
set my standards by his and can't but fall short. Anything I do shows
up as glaring incompetence, at least it looks like that when I'm in a
black mood.

   Irina

            Varsinen an laynynay, saraz no arlet rastynay.
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