Re: CHAT: Hello

>Welcome to the list, Tom.
Thanks David.


>I think you'll find many of us on this list have been influenced by JRRT.
>Although I started creating languages in my mid-teens (1950's), I didn't
>discover Tolkien until the mid 60's.
Come to think of it, I may have done some language invention before reading
Tolkien, as I got a Latin grammar in 5th grade (two years before finding
Tolkien) and was fascinated by the whole idea of inflected languages.

>I also seem to share a similar sense of
>phonetic aesthetics with Tolkien (I often call this my "cellar door"
>syndrome).
Me too, and this is a real curse. As in any creative enterprise, it is
important to follow one's own esthetic--but what if that drives you
inexorably into imitation?! This may be one of the reasons for my many
unfinished projects. Languages that deliberately depart from Tolkien's
esthetic, although I enjoy them for awhile, often just don't claim much
hold on me over the long run.

Cheers, Tom

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