Re: Naming the conlang

I sent a message on Friday welcoming Scotto - it got bounced back 'cause I
went beyond my 5 limit!

So, Scotto, a belated welcome to the list.

On Saturday, July 10, 2004, at 03:36 , Dennis Paul Himes wrote:

> Scotto Hlad <scotto@...> wrote:
>>
>> My question is how have others named their languages?
I my case, with great difficulty   :)

[snip]
>
>     Keep in mind that the English name for your language doesn't have to
> resemble the language's name for itself, depending on the concultural
> context.  The Gladilatian name for "Gladilatian", for instance, is
> "Mehyohot
> Mset".
Yep - after the recent 'BrSc Akuefi' thread, I learnt that several
conlangers have been pronouncing BrSc as 'brisk' or 'bersk'. So I have
determined that BrScB will be named _brx_ in its own language. That will
not do, of course, as its English (or any other natlang) version of its
name. As soon as I've firmed up on the vocalization, I'll give its English
name.

Now - just got to get BrScA named .........

Ray
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