Survey (a new one!)

Hi all,

I'm starting a new conlang and I was curious:
what are your first words in these cases? Do you have
a special "test bed" for your conlangs, such as a text
to be translated? Where do your words come from?

(Take your time to answer, if you want to. This is like
a little survey and we've had one just a few days ago --
forgive me, Sally, for I've taken thine ideas :)


--Pablo Flores