Re: Elves and Ill Bethisad

--- Christian Thalmann <cinga@...> wrote:
> --- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Costentin
> Cornomorus <elemtilas@Y...>
> wrote:
>
> > > as a quasi-feudal poor country essentially
> > > stuck in the ways of the 19th century.
> >
> > Dude! Learn a little about the US, (or any
> modern
> > country) to find a thoroughly modern place
> with
> > plenty of space left aside for backwardness
> and
> > archaism!
>
> Rednecks?
Perhaps. I was thinking mostly of Appalachia.

> Creationists?  ;-)
A special place in my heart for Creationists
there is!

> > I'll bet France and Germany have their
> > share, too. Oh, but silly me! Deutschland
> uber
> > alles! How quickly I am put to shame by
> > forgetting!
>
> Not quite sure what you mean by that, but in
> dubio pro
> reo I'll assume that you didn't intend to
> accuse Jörg of Nazism.  =\
Absolutely not; though he ìs German, and must be
acutely aware that a modern country can have its
share of assbackwardness. Just of needless
snobbery. I see Kemr as no different - it is
modern, but is also a country of humans ("Elves"
not withstanding), imperfect humans that have
devised an imperfect country. His description of
Kemr struck me as, well, snobbish. It's not how I
was led to think of it (and there was plenty of
time for thát to change both before and after he
came around); and it seems that my understanding
of it was less than good enough for Mr Rhiemeier.

> BTW, for a conlanger who uses accents even in
> English, you sure do omit a lot of umlauts.  =P
I never liked umlauts. Even when they're
appropriate in English (coöperate, etc.). Plus, I
always have to look up the codes, whereas I have
the ups, downs and chapeaux memorised.

> > I think of IB as a huge garden. All around
> are
> > well maintained lawns and thematic gardens.
> Maybe
> > even an animal park. At the heart is stand of
> > dark trees and in the middle a walled off
> space
> > with an old fountain, a shabby gardner's
> shanty
> > and an open pit. There is no gate.
>
> Sounds a bit like a graveyard.  =P  But not
> unromantic.
Not a graveyard. Just the part tucked away from
the public tours...

Though I guess you interpreted the pit as a
grave. I mean a pit where someone unaccountably
dug something up and took it away in the dead of
night. Perhaps there ought to be police tape
around it? Not too romantic, that...

Padraic.


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