Re: Conlang conversation partners?

In a message dated 5/4/01 2:13:03 PM, tom@TELP.COM writes:

<< >     I like the idea, but only for some languages.  Using my languages as
a
>salient case, I could see speaking in Megdevi or Dangelis, but I would NEVER
>even want to try to speak Gwejdr.
What about written "conversation"? How would you feel about Gwejdr pen-pals?
>>
    Written I could do.  At least, with my alphabet, and not with the IPA or
SAMPA.  My alphabet is much simpler, because where /ge/ is [gwe] when
stressed, or [gwE] when unstressed, and /ga/ is [gA] when stressed, [ga] when
not stressed, it can get pretty hairy.  But anyway, as for that particular
language, it's just starting to get off the ground right now.  I wrote a
story for it and I'm translating it right now.  The going is slow, though.  I
think by the end of it I'd be able to handle some sort of written
conversation.

-David