Re: CHAT: Bob's Introduction
| From: | Robert Hailman <robert@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, March 1, 2000, 1:00 |
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nicole perrin wrote:
>
> Robert Hailman wrote:
>>
>> Hey hey!
>>
>> I've been reading this list for three or four days now, and I decided
>> I'd jump in by introducing myself. I also have a question or two I'd
>> like to ask.
>>
>> Right now, I'm 15, and I'm in grade 10. I've been interested in Conlangs
>> for as long as I can remember, but I never had a word to describe them,
>> nor did I have any idea how languages as a whole worked until very
>> recently.
>>
>
> Hiya Bob! Nice to have a new conlanger, especially a young one. And on
> the note (introduced by Kristian, I believe) of 15 being a "magic age,"
> I would just like to add that yesterday was my birthday :) and I have
> left the magical age for the wonderful world of sixteen (read: driver's
> license).
>
Mmm... drivers license... I can get my G1 (learners) on November 14,
2000. Mark it on your calendars, everybody, 'cuz Bob's gonna be on the
road! You might want to keep off! And then, only 6 months after that, I
can get my G2, which means that I can drive by myself, but I can't have
any alcohol in my blood at the time. As it stands now, that won't be a
problem, but who knows what a year can bring?
>> I have a project coming up at school where I'm allowed to do more or
>> less anything I want, and I'm considering developing a Conlang. I'm
>> allowed to start the project before it is assigned, because I know the
>> details about it already, because it is an assignment for enriched level
>> students at my school for grades 9 to 11, so I did one last year and
>> know the process.
>
> Wow, I wish I had the nerve to do a conlang for a school project. I
> don't thing I would ever...I'd be to embarrassed to let everyone at
> school know how dorky I *really* am. I'm still a closet conlanger...
>
Coming out of the closet (the Conlang closet) is quite liberating. I
recently threatened one of my friends into lending me a dollar by
threatening to teach him a language with no regular verbs and 23 cases.
And besides, I stopped caring what people though about me years ago.
>>
>> I've started a very rough sketch of a language, but it's nowhere near
>> complete enough to post here, I have to decide on quite a bit of the
>> grammar and have at least some vocabulary to provide examples with. I'll
>> post more on this as it develops.
>
> Yes, do post!
>
Alright. But for only $29.99 I can email you a sketch of it privately
right now. Of course, thats just a way for me to get money, and the
sketch would be far from satisfying. I don't want to make the sketch
seem like too much of a big thing before I post it, because then some
people will be dissapointed. As far as I'm concerned, it's none too
innovative, but I could be wrong as I haven't read a sketch of every
language in existance to be sure that another one uses it.
>>
>> Anyways, some questions.
>>
>> 1) When I post a sketch of a language, and I give the phonololgy, do I
>> give just the IPA symbols, or do I use the alphabet I am using if it is
>> a Roman alphabet as well as the IPA if they don't agree? I've only seen
>> one language sketch since I came online, and the IPA and the alphabet
>> used agreed in all cases. In my language the disagree somewhat, as I use
>> x to represent a voiced velar fricative (I forget the symbol), as well
>> as some other exceptions. I think that one stands out the most, though.
>
> You've only seen one sketch? That would be mine, hmm, no? Anyway, I
> think it's nice when people show the romanized writing of their lang
> along with the IPA, because it's nicer to look at usually, and most of
> the time the romanization isn't exactly with the IPA. Although I do
> agree with [insert forgotten name here] that x is maybe not the best way
> of recording a *voiced* velar fricative. But, whatever you want!
>
Yes, that would have been yours. S'inahen seems a much more elaborate
language than my unnamed one, but I still have much farther to go with
it before I can say that for sure.
My language does use the Roman alphabet, but it does correspond to the
IPA as I've said. I decided on x for the voiced velar fricative, because
I don't have a voiceless velar fricative, and the gamma looks close
enough to an x to me. I can always change it, though, because I've only
been working with this since Sunday, so I haven't grown attached to
anything in it yet.