Re: Newbie Delurking (or decloaking as the case may be)

On Monday, November 12, 2001, at 01:15 , David William McKay wrote:

> Well, I've received three whole messages from this group already
> and discovered how very VERY technical this group is.  I'll
> probably shut up until I can find the time to start constructing
> my own language.
>
Hello!  If you become interested in a topic, go ahead and ask.  Chances
are, if someone has the time you'll be answered.  :-)  And yes, while a
lot of conversations of late become technical, less technical topics do
occur (and can be started).  I confess my own technical knowledge of
linguistics is rather weak--just dive in when you're curious, and you'll
start picking things up.

> In the meantime, has anybody attempted a reconstruction of HP
> Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos language(s)?  Even as I ask this I
> suspect the phonemes are too simplistic for a proper language.
> Just a thought.
Hey, that's an interesting idea.  I haven't done so, but I'd also be
interested in any reconstruction others have attempted, assuming they aren'
t stark raving mad or gobbled up by Colours out of Space or somesuch.  ;-)

(Yes, I do like Lovecraft, insofar as the word "like" can be applied to
his works.)

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