Re: Article about "new" Conlang

On Wednesday 05 February 2003 01:09 pm, you wrote:
> I had honestly forgotten how much fun this mailing list is.
>
> I had also forgotten exactly why I always sign off a few weeks after I
> have (re-)joined. But I was soon reminded when e-mail started pouring in.
> Day and night, without end.
>
> Anyway, the primary reason that I joined this time is that I have written
> a short article about a fictional conlang called The Ancient Tongue of the
> Wise. The language in question (which may not even be a real conlang,
> although it looks like one) originated with the computer game The Citadel
> (third in the Lords of Midnights series) by Mike Singleton. There are only
> some fragments of it that I have been able to find, but I tried to analyze
> them as best I could.
I always have a problem with those "languages of the wise" ...

(dons asbestos suit)

What we really need is "languages of the stupid".

Wesley Parish

>
> The article is primarily written for fans of the computer games, but
> before I present it to them, I would like to have some input from people
> who are better at this than I am. So anyone who happens to be interested
> and who has a little time to spare can currently take a look at it here:
>
> http://www.lysator.liu.se/~ekman/language.html
>
> This is only a temporary location, so please do NOT link to this page.
>
> Any and all feedback is appreciated.
>
>   /Fredrik (glad to be back, but somewhat stressed by the fact that
>            eight(!) new posts arrived only while writing this message)
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