Re: Whee! 1000 Words! (=D

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--- In conlang@y..., "H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh@Q...> wrote:

> Congrats. You must be proud of yourself. :-)
I do have some pride for Obrenje, but the credit is not all mine,
the language has evolved quite independently on the "genome" that
I gave it.  ;-)



> Ahh, Ebisedian is still in its infancy. It's currently only about 220
> words strong, although it has a grammar detailed enough to make one
> cringe.
LOL, I know the feeling.  Obrenje is rather benign in terms of
grammar, but the grammar was already at a functional level of
completeness when the vocab was still around a hundred words.  =P



> I also compose the words manually; I feel that I *must* at least
> be personally involved in each and every word in order to call it "my"
> conlang. :-)
Yeah.  A generator might have been so stupid as to assign |kruc|
/krMx/ to "love" and |ula| /"u:la/ to "war", although the actual
meanings must obviously be the other way round.  ;-)



> Besides, every new lexicon entry is another opportunity for
> me to exercise the (rather complex) inflectional system.
Ah, good idea.  That's what I use translation exercises for.




--- In conlang@y..., Christopher B Wright <faceloran@J...> wrote:

> Oh, no. This isn't good. You _care_ about Obrenje. Tell me, if your house
> was burning down and you had a choice between your dog (provided you have
> one) and your language, which would you choose? How long would it take
> you to decide?
It's a good thing I don't have a dog.  ;-)



> But conlang destruction isn't much of a problem with the Internet.
Indeed.  That reminds me, I should backup my vocab again...



> That inclines me back toward my dog's side. Still, letting him
> die is only hastening the inevitable, unlike destroying Sturnan.
Ah, interesting point, but dangerous, considering that you might
transpose that kind of value assessment to humans, which are just
as mortal as your dog...  =\

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