Re: Martian conlangs?

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From: "Fredrik Ekman" <ekman@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 8:26 PM
Subject: Martian conlangs?


> I have a soft spot for conlangs used by Martian concultures, especially
> native Martian cultures in the Burroughs/Wells/Bradbury tradition,
> although I am also interested in conlangs for future Martian colonies.
>
> Is anyone currently working on something along those lines? If you do, I
> would love to hear about it.
>
> Now that I think about it I cannot recall a single Martian language that
> really qualifies as a full-fledged conlang.
>
> Hélène Smith's Martian is just French with a new dictionary.
> (Incidentally, is that language described in any book or website?)
Yes.  In the dreary Marina Yaguello, Les Fous du langage, a.k.a. _Lunatic
Lovers of Language_.  She assigns it the status of a "female" invented
language.  I.e., "expressive" and "hysteric."  As opposed to the "male"
invented language of Nicolas Marr whom she despises, I.e., "analytical" and
idiotic.  So I wouldn't take her too seriously.   IIRC, there are quite a
number of French articles that deal with Smith, but I think if you did a
Google on Helene Smith, you'd find something.  So what's YOUR article about?
:)

Sally
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"My shadow follows me, putting strange, new roses into the world."
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