Re: Introduction and a few novice questions

 --- Paul Edson <conlang@...> wrote: > >
Introduction first: I’m a strange mongrel mix… I do
> project
> management for a US Navy document management system
> during
> the day (as a contractor) and sing professionally
> (chorus
> and small roles) with the Washington Opera by night.
Welcome! You probably noticed already, that there are
quite a few musicians on the list.
Just curious, where will you find the time for
conlanging and follow the list? ;)

> And now, to lower the property values some, I'll
> jump in
> with some questions born of that ignorance.
The best way to deal with igrorance is to ask the
right people.

> The question, then, is: What factors do you use  to
> allow
> you to narrow the range of  strategies/features you
> incorporate into your languages? How does one cope
> with such
> an embarrassing wealth of possibility?
Well, that depends very much. In my case it is mostly
a matter of "filling up some gaps".
For example: I was always fascinated by comparing
Indo-European language families. Soon, I felt sorry
that there weren't any more of them than there
actually were, so I started creating a new family
myself.
When I was learning Polish and Russian (and toying a
bit with Slavonic languages in general) I decided that
there ought to be a North-Slavonic branch as well, so
I started creating it.
The same thing with music: I create those things that
meet my own taste. Not because I want to create them
so much, but because I regret that somebody else
didn't...

> Paul Edson (conlang@twocannibals.com)
Yours sincerily,

Jan



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wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that
happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great
comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe." --- J.
Michael Straczynski

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