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Re: Conlang Poetry (was: New Survey: Celtic Conlangs (and other lunatic pursuits))

From:Daniel Andreasson Vpc-Work <daniel.andreasson@...>
Date:Friday, January 10, 2003, 8:59
Andrew Smith wrote:

> There is also the Dutch neologism for conlanging "linguafictie" which > could be "linguafiction" in French or English.
The Swedish word (not much used) would be _konstspråk_. It is delightful in its multiple meanings, just like the word "conlang". _konst_ means 'art' _konstruerad_ means 'constructed' _konstig_ means 'weird, strange' So with that one word _konst_, you get all the three basic meanings of conlanging. That it's an art, that it is in fact about constructing languages. And of course that it's a bit weird. ;-) Oh, and _språk_ means 'language', but I guess you knew that. :-) Daniel Andreasson

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