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Re: Láadan and woman's speak

From:Axiem <axiem@...>
Date:Saturday, May 20, 2000, 19:20
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> But perhaps that is why some of us conlang, to provide those > missing words.
[snip] Well, I know that what I try to do in Dimel (aside from the lack of words), is to make it easier for me to express myself (even if no one understands), for example, one thing I find really annoying is someone asks me "Do you want <choice 1> or <choice 2>?" What I want to express is: "I really don't care which choice I get, however I would prefer <choice 1 (or 2)>, but if I do not get that preference, I don't care, and its not going to affect me any." English has a definite lack of stating that. "I want" is too much, "I would like" is formal (plus I'm not too fond of English (and French to an extent)'s use of the conditional. So, I generally respond with "I don't care", which doesn't express the preference part, plus I on occasion get people mad at me by saying that. Dimel, on the other hand has (will have) a set level of degrees of "wanting", ranging from "I need", meaning for survival, to "I don't care" (standard Dimel rules for negation apply). As well, where English has the single word "love", Dimel splits the entire human emotion for liking something into different words which all have precise definitions (For example, fi^lopo is to love as in brother. Kind of like sworn brothership). This arose basically from my inability to express myself in English. Of course, given my general inexpertise in expressing myself, that is no surprise. So, am I in a minority, or majority, of conlangers? (creating new words because of inability to express the feeling any other way) -Axiem -axiem@swbell.net -AIM: Axiem