Re: ANNOUNCE: Wikilret Website

On Mar 11, 2005, at 10:06 AM, caeruleancentaur wrote:

> --- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, scott <sjcaldwell@M...> wrote:
>> Aza!  I have finally put together a website for my conlang wikilret.
>> You can find it at http://homepage.mac.com/sjcaldwell/Wikilret/
>
> Very well done, Scott.  I especially like the legibility.  Good color
> contrast for these old eyes and the manner of marking headings, etc.,
> is good.
Thanks. I've worked for the last week on that. I like to write my own
HTML and CSS.

> Under Word Order: You state that interrogative sentences are SOV, but
> one of your examples is "Ham you like?"  I see this as meaning "Does
> ham like you?"  Should it not be "You ham like?"
Good catch. You are right.

> Under Noun: You use the words "intelligent" and "sentient."  It seems
> as though you equate the two.
Yes, I was equating the two. I was using sentient to mean "self aware."
My conworld has several different 'races' other than humans, so I was
using the term to mean more advanced than an animal.

> Under pronouns: There is no A in independent.
Doh!


Thanks a lot Charlie.

scott