Re: Reinventing NATLANGs

On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, Philip Newton wrote:
>
> On 7/12/06, Michael Adams wrote:
> > How about a conlang that is English but with all or most of the
> > French/Latin/Greek out of it?
>
> Have a look at "Uncleftish Beholding" by Poul Anderson (quoted e.g. at
> http://www.grijalvo.com/Citas/Peculiar_English.htm ) for an example of
> such a beast.
>
> I found it moderately hard to read, and knew I not German, it had been
> even harder.
What an excellent piece of work!  I found it a great pleasure
to read, and understood almost all.  Did Anderson do any more
of this?


> As for English that has much more Greek put into it, see the two
> speeches by Prof. Zolotas quoted further down on that page.
This I found almost incomprehensible.  Shows what the lack
of a classical education does to a man! :(

On the same site, is a "rollicking good yarn" by Kipling:
http://www.grijalvo.com/Kipling/Captains_Courageous_Train.htm
which would be a worthy translation challenge to test one's
knowledge of *any* lang, whether con or nat.

Regards,
Yahya

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