Re: vrindo (was "Re: CHAT Re: Can't stop agulunating, HELP!")

Joshua Shinavier wrote:
> I suspect that any conlanger tends to collect all his/her favorite soun=
ds
> in their personal language
Probably true most of the time, but not always.  In my long-defunct
conlang Kizval, I used a lot of sounds I didn't like, such as clicks and
affricates like /kx/ which I like on their own, but in brutish
combinations.  I was always stumbling over the words, which is when I
semi-conciously decided to use nicer sounds in subsequent languages, and
fully consciously reacted against in the making of what was then
provisionally called 1998A, then W'-ansan-sanu, and eventually
Watakass=ED.  In the initial design, only 7 consonants existed (p, t, k,
w, y, n, l), with a very simple syllable structure (C)V(n/l).  Watakass=ED
is now more complex.

> What factors go into such regional conceptions of beauty in language?
My guess would be the language(s) spoken and languages with which one is
in contact.  Languages of cultures which are admired/respected, I
suspect, would tend to be viewed as beautiful, while those of rivals
would tend to be considered ugly.  But, there's probably a lot of
intangible factors involved.

> Sure, I'll stick around to see the results of the relay... I'm pretty c=
urious
> to see what this poem was originally about!
And what it's become!  I think what I got was probably not too far from
the original, seeing as I was third, but I'd love to see what it's
mutated into!  (Hopefully not a war-propoganda poem!  :-))

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