Re: Uber newbie-conlanger conlang

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From: "Joe" <joe@...>

> Muke Tever wrote:
>
>> Sally Caves <scaves@...> wrote:
>>
>>> How kludgy do you want it to be?  I mean, I can go back as far as my
>>> pubescent days, with absolutely NO knowledge of linguistics.  Is the
>>> kludgy
>>> conlang by someone who's had a taste of other conlangs?  Or is he a
>>> conlang
>>> VIRGIN?
>>
>> [schnipf]
>>
>> Another thing I havnt seen mentioned here yet is implausibly compact
>> semantics,
>> as for example in _Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy_
>
>
> I wouldn't say that's so much a feature of newbie conlanging as comedy
> conlanging.
Well, Sai seemed to be asking for "parodies" of a newbie conlang.  That's
what I tried to give him, originally.   I was laughing the entire time.  But
I take your point.

Sally