Re: Let Me Introduce Myself

On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 09:06:28PM -0500, # 1 wrote:
> I've been told that the usage was to present oneself to the others
That is indeed the custom, though it is perhaps more honored in the
breach than the observance of late.

> My name is Maxime Lévesque,
Enchanté.  So where does the sobriquet "#1" come from?

> I'm 16 years old and I live in Québec, Canada...
Another youngun.  Good to know the art of conlanging isn't going to die
of old age, I suppose. :)  What part of Québec?

> I prefer to say only Québec because I have a secessionist spirit and want
> separation..
As do many Quebecois.  I don't foresee it happening soon - though I
suppose kicking out the Expos was a good first step . . .

> but that's not the goal of that post, so I say also Canada
> because probably that without Canada a lot would not be able to know where
> it is.
In the wide world, that may be true, but I suspect most folks on this list would
be able to place Québec geographically without the help. :)

> I speak Frensh,
In general I try to avoid correcting errors, but you've used that
spelling consistently in your posts, so just for your information: the
English word for français is spelled "French".  It is also pronounced to
match - so that it sounds like "frentsh" rather than "frensh" - although
there's not a great deal of difference between the two phonetically.
(In the transcription system we use on here, called CXS for
"Conlang-modified X-Sampa", it would be be written /frEntS)/.)

> English that I learn at school since I'm 12
Your English is quite good for having studied it for only four years.

> and a little of Spanish that I've learn during 3 years.
An excellent start.  From a conlanging perspective, though, all three
languages are boringly similar; it's amazing how different some of
the natural languages out there are.  You'll want to learn about some of
the weirder ones so that your conlangs don't seem like reflexes of
European languages. Then again, from the description of your conlang - which
sounds quite interesting - you already have. (Mongolian?  Wow.) :)

Anyway, pleased to meet you, and welcome to the list!

-Marcos