Re: Updated conscript

On Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 05:03:38PM -0600, Andrew Chaney wrote:
> It certainly looks interesting.  I love writing & conscripts.
> Out of curiosity, what is it written with? I didn't see too
> much about the technological level of the Ebisedi (Ebisedis ;-) ).
                                                    ^^^^^^^^^^
                                                    ARRRGGHH!!! ;-)

Well, quite honestly, I haven't decided what it's written with yet.
Probably something like a pen, perhaps brush. As far as the technological
level... maybe one day I'll put up a more detailed description of the
conculture surrounding the language (which might need to be written in the
language itself, as the physics of that universe is quite different, as is
perception). In a nutshell, the realms were ruled by a monarchy at the
time, and the Experts, an order of physicist-meet-wizard's that meld
innate powers with the external elements and wield great powers.

Hmm... you can already see the problem with describing that universe with
metaphors from our own: the terms "wizard", "elements" and "powers"
probably carry an archaic connotation when you read that. Not so; in the
universe of the Ebisedi, what we'd call "magic" is inseparable from what
we'd consider "science" and "physics". But for now, I'll spare everybody
from a long, incomprehensible description, and get back to the conlang
aspects. :-P

Oh, BTW, if you're really interested... the "K0romoki'", the color writing
system mentioned on the webpage, is, in fact, normally "written" by
arranging patterns of color on a plaque. Arranging a string of beads using
that scheme is more often used for decorative purposes.


T

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Let's eat some disquits while we format the biskettes.