Re: Lovecraft
| From: | Boudewijn Rempt <bsarempt@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, November 10, 1999, 18:35 |
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On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, Brook Conner wrote:
> Ed Heil writes:
>
> > Wouldn't it be fun to collect up all the bits of monster-speech and
> > cultist-speech in Lovecraft ("Y'ha n'thlei! Cthulhu ftagn!" and all
> > that) in Lovecraft's works and interpolate a conlang from them?
>
> Yes, it would, though I doubt there's enough extant to actually make
> any convincing conclusions.
>
> Even if Lovecraft actually participated in the "secret vice."
Well, S.T. Joshi in his excellent biography doesn't mention it at
all, if I remember correctly. Lovecraft did love the English language
passionately, and I think he was quite satisfied with the use he could
get out of it. Perhaps the folks on alt.horror.cthulhu know for sure?
Boudewijn Rempt | http://denden.conlang.org/~bsarempt