Re: basic vocab

On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, SMITH,MARCUS ANTHONY wrote:

> I create words for Telek on the fly, and it seems to work pretty well,
> except for a couple problems.  One is that I find the words too influenced
> by natlangs I'm familiar with; that is, I tend to neglect possible
> patterns if they do not occur in the natlangs I know.  That's a bad thing
I've been working with the basic sound-set of Chevraqis for a while
simply because I had to generate names (most of which now have to change,
and since fantasy readers apparently can't associate first-last names if
they're not familiar-sounding, I'm probably going to overhaul all the
family names as well for readership considerations).  I'm trying for a
slightly more Asian feel, so I do allow myself a few pattern-borrowings
from Korean; since it's an isolate or the next best thing, I figure only
people familiar with Korean will notice, if at all.

Even if I used a generator-program, some words don't *sound* right for
what I want them to mean.  Purely subjective.  Probably someone will look
at some sample of Chevraqis and go, Yuck!  That sounds awful!  <G>

YHL