En réponse à John Laury <jalaur@...>:
> Hello. This is my first message to the list--I just
> signed on, so right now I don't know too much about the
> topics of conversation.
Hi! Welcome to the list.
As for the topics of conversation, they are quite variable :) . This is a list
where off-topic discussion is as important as on-topic discussion :)) .
I just heard about this group
> from one of your members (the inventor of Teonaht) and
> figured I should check it out.
You know Sally?! Please give her my greetings, and say that she's missed here.
Also tell her that she has a nice voice (I just listened yesterday to the Real
Audio examples of Teonaht that she gives on her page :) ).
I have to admit I
> haven't invented any languages to date (besides an
> attempt at an alphabet/phonetic system in high school,
> which I gave up when I took my first college
> linguistics class and discovered that the systematic
> phonetic similarities that I "discovered" were only
> *part* of the first phonetics lesson), but I have
> plenty of ideas, and I am thrilled that if I were to
> create a language in the future, I might have an
> audience that could appreciate it.
>
You have! A common point among all conlangers is their eagerness to hear about
other people's conlangs! :)
Christophe.
http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr
Take your life as a movie: do not let anybody else play the leading role.