Re: Vote! (or: Help!)

-----Original Message-----
From: Vasiliy Chernov <bc_@...>
To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU <CONLANG@...>
Date: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 2:31 AM
Subject: Vote! (or: Help!)


>I wish to support the recent vogue for longish posts on Conlang ;)
>
>I have a reason for that. You may remember my complaints about my main
>problem: proliferation. My conlangs multiply, and I cannot duly elaborate
>each of them.
<wry g>  It's like writers who say they have too many ideas.  I can only sit
here and think, I wish my ideas proliferated too!  :-)

>I've just sketched a new group of five related dialects (historical
>phonology in much detail, plus some grammar). And I am applying
>for advice to the list as for which of them is worth further elaboration
>more than others. So maybe at least one of them will become
>something more than a few tables on paper sheets.
[snip]
I would tend to say, whatever one you viscerally like best.  Unscientific,
aren't I?


>So, my 2 questions (to those who've read so far) are:
>
>1) Which of the five dialects (A-B-C-D-E) looks, at a glance, more pleasant
>(or less awkward) than others?
For my money, I like E the best, followed closely by D.  Keep in mind that
this is *purely* visceral and is based partly on the fact that I like /v/ as
a sound, irrationally.

>2) Which of the candidate forms for the numerals 1, 2, 1000 suit your
chosen
>dialect best?
For E: 1a, 2a, 1000a or 1000d
For D: 1f, 2c, 1000b

Er, hope this is of something resembling help.  :-)

Cheers,
YHL