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Re: The language formerly known as brz...

From:Jörg Rhiemeier <joerg_rhiemeier@...>
Date:Thursday, February 23, 2006, 16:28
Hallo!

R A Brown wrote:

> Jörg Rhiemeier wrote: > > Hallo! > > > > [...] > > >>>http://wiki.frath.net/X-1 > >> > >>It looks interesting. I'd like to see more about > >>how predicates are assigned to variables, etc. > [snip] > > > > So far, it isn't worked out. > > I like the phonology :)
Well, the phonology is pretty much *your* work...
> Like Jim I'll be interested to see how the grammar works out. I must > admit that the more I look at Jeff Prothero's "Plan B", the more it > seems to me to be anything but "near-optimal loglan syntax."
Thrice true. It is not a syntax - it is a fragment of a morphology; it is not "near-optimal" - it is a mix of a few good ideas and a naive phonology; and the example sentences don't look like a loglang.
> [snip] > > > It is all *very much* work in progress, and it is merely a side project. > > The Albic and Pictic languages are more important to me, and then I have > > a job and various other interests besides conlanging, so don't expect > > too much too soon. > > I understand only too well. I really must make a concerted effort to > finalize Piashi/BrSc/briefscript (which in truth now feels more like the > albatross around the Ancient Mariner's neck) - then maybe I can develop > my own variant of brz, as I said I would some day. I admire you for > taking on another project while work is still going on with Albic & > Pictic langs.
What you see here is actually rather a weakness of mine. I tend to start all sorts of projects, but lack the follow-through, and have so many different projects going at any time that most of them never get anywhere ;-)
> I wait _patiently_ with interest :)
Thanks! Keep observing the FrathWiki page. Greetings, Jörg.