Re: Aaaaaargh!!!!!

Dan Jones wrote:

> Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated. However, it is with great
> regret that I must inform you that due to the machinations of the evil
> technology an entire language family has died <sobs dramatically>.
>
> To explain, my Psion series 5 (which I do basically all my conlanging and
> writing on) fell into the hands of my eight year old cousin and then fell
> through them and on to a concrete floor. Unfortunately, with the demise of
> my Psion, the entire Carastan language family has died, as have Norreyna and
> Arvorec.
I'm sorry to hear that!  Although I've never experienced quite so dramatic a
loss, I do know something of how you must feel.  I lost nearly all of my notes
on Thhtmaa (the "Dark Skies" language) when my old computer crashed.  Others on
this list have also lost conlangs.


> However, all is not lost, since I had a great deal of Aredos
> grammar on my PC I can reconstruct the vocab and so on. Now, if you will
> excuse me, I have to go and work like a blue arsed fly to recover three
> years work...
That's the spirit.  A conlanger's work is never done!  Anyhow, I've always said
that in art, it's the process, and not the end product, which really matters.

Cheers,
Matt.