In a message dated 2000/07/24 05:29:01 PM:
>Zhang wrote:
>>> EEk!
>>> I must be crazy. I have been doing my work on Lingwa Frakas (my
pidgin
>>> ConLang) on 3 x 5 index cards!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
>Joe Mondello wrote:
>
>>I don't know, I think there's a certain charm to keeping your language away
>>from computers. I didn't document a single word of rodnús on anything but
>my notebook or the walls of my dorm for the first 3 months of its creation. I
>>find the complete lack of organisation (e.g. having to skim my entire
>>notebook for each and every word I wrote, usually 3 or 4 times a sentence)
>>adds to the labyrinthian feel I try to get in my language (e.g. coining the
>>same word 3 times, misreading my own handwriting). after aboue three month
>>point, this gets to be a bit much and a little digital intervention becomes
>>necessary ,for myself at least.>
>
Romilly wrote:
>BTW, does SIL mention why it's called _SHOEBOX_?
Probably cuz - like me - the original "organizational device" IS an
actual shoebox. ::thumbs thru 3 x 5 cards in a shoebox::
*mad librarian's hyena-like cackling*
Z