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Re: Introducing Paul Burgess and his radioactive imagination!

From:Paul Burgess <paul@...>
Date:Friday, March 7, 2003, 23:12
--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Christophe Grandsire
<christophe.grandsire@F...> wrote:

> > "Ai, gaimoz > > il yothov dhalvanof vagi ridalcary'avn'ist?" ("What
the heck are all
> > these websites about, anyway?") > > > > Did you really say that to yourself?!
Vagoth ciw'omchivocas. ("Yes, I said that to myself.")
> Are you really fluent in your language > like Sally said you were?! Incredible!!!
Well, in these latter days I'm fluent enough to speak it at moderate conversational speed. Occasionally tripping over my own tongue. But I've always basically carried Hermetic "in my head." Any written notes on the grammar and vocabulary are fragmentary, and at least 20 or 25 years old.
> > > I have some material about my conlang on my website: > > It looks great!! And the images seem to show that
there is a script associated
> with the language, with a looks which reminds me a bit
of Arabic calligraphy.
> Beautiful!
Thank you! That's interesting, friends of mine have sometimes remarked that the native script (which is called "mna Thiposo") looks to them something like Arabic.
> > And an audio file of me reading a chapter from "Mna
Sipri Cilama":
> > http://hosting.acegroup.cc/~pburgess/msc25.mp3 > > > > Great! Which chapter is that? I'd like to try and
compare the written word and
> the spoken word :) .
I'm reading aloud chapter 25, "Mna Catholano." Toward the end of the work. Paul Burgess --------------------------------------------- E-mail paul@paulburgess.org Website http://www.paulburgess.org ---------------------------------------------