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Re: Elves and Ill Bethisad

From:Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...>
Date:Wednesday, October 22, 2003, 2:43
--- 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. ===== - Nos côsez yen fin xristianós et trancouil - Côsez-el a Ddon! -- Ill Bethisad -- <http://www.geocities.com/elemtilas/ill_bethisad> Come visit The World! -- <http://www.geocities.com/hawessos/> .

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