Re: Legratec

Sally Caves wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Arthaey Angosii" <arthaey@...>
> But I was appalled to discovered I
> > didn't know this term "LEGRATEC," so I Googled about and discovered
> > its coolness. :)
> >
> > Joining the old
> > (http://listserv.brown.edu/archives/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0102A&L=conlang&P=R14935)
> Arthaey, what do your P and S stand for?
Phonology and Syntax. Apparently they got added after Dan's original post,
as I used them on 2/14/01.

> In fact, I don't think you can count anything a 5 unless you have decided
> deliberately that you don't want to add anything more to it.  The way I
> see
> it, conlang construction in all its aspects is as infinite as imagination.
Absolutely!!!

>The more categories I think I make, the more
> subcategories I find need refining.  Take "window" for instance.  What
> about
> the sash? casement? shutters? curtains? blinds? screens? round window?
> square window? (snip etc. etc. etc.)
Don't forget the muntins (silly technical term for something very common)
:-) The 8-or-so years I spent rehabbing/rebuilding This Old House (with a
lot of help, and like a conlang, still only +/- 98% complete) were every bit
as interesting, challenging, instructive and life- and vocab-changing as the
7 years of linguistics in Grad School.

But oh my yes-- vocab is just One Damn Thing After Another. You should see
my to-do list.... Plus now, I'm thinking there ought to be LOTS more example
sentences (somewhere) showing usage. I don't think they belong in the
Dictionary, though obviously many, many words ought to be so exemplified,
plus all the tiny variations (maybe as an addendum to the Syntax section).
Readers of my website(1) will have noted that I've never gotten around to
describing "Colloquial" usage, another huge continuum.

As we were told in Creative Writing class, everything is grist for the mill.
Eheu, conlingua longa, vita brevissima.
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(1) Although it's flattering, I still don't understand how the site can be
getting 900+ hits per month...according to Tripod.

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