Re: Hallelujah! Let me introduce myself.
| From: | Jeffrey Henning <jeffrey@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, October 1, 2004, 2:15 |
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On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 12:48:49 -0700, Charlie Brickner
<caeruleancentaur@...> wrote:
>I am a 63-year-old Catholic priest and the pastor of 3 small parishes
>in the Blue Ridge Mtns. of VA.
Welcome, Father! I'm a 36-year-old Congregational COO of a small software
company in the Blue Hills of MA.
Hey, didn't _priest_ originally mean "old man"? ;-)
>More recently, say the last dozen years or so, I have become
>infatuated with Proto-Indo-European, the language & the culture.
One of my favorite IE-inspired conlangs is Degaspregos:
http://web.archive.org/web/19990116225414/http://www.angelfire.com/tx/eclectorium/degaspregos.html
(The original site is down for renovations.)
>After reading Tolkien & so many others, I decided to have a go at my
>own conlang.
Given your interest in theology, I'd check out these books (if you haven't
already)...
Splintered Light: Logos and Language in Tolkien's World by Verlyn Flieger
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0873387449/
Following Gandalf: Epic Battles and Moral Victory in The Lord of the Rings
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1587430851/ref=pd_bxgy_text_1/002-7751106-3603210?v=glance&s=books&st=*
Best regards,
Jeffrey
http://www.langmaker.com/
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