Re: txt msgs & BrSc

Muke Tever wrote:
>From: "Andreas Johansson" <and_yo@...>
> > David Peterson wrote:
> > >In a message dated 6/15/01 1:30:25 PM, ray.brown@FREEUK.COM writes:
> > >
> > ><< E v lau a ri-infmz? >>
> > >
> > >     This is supposed to be "Are you great at text messages"!?  On what
> > >parallel plain of existence?
> >
> > Parallel PLAIN of existence! That one's so good I'll have to revive an
>old
> > con-world of mine, which basically consists of a huge, absolutely flat
>and
> > transparent plain hanging about in infinity. As yet, it lacks a conlang
>to
> > go with it, so anybody's got any ideas for how to make a language sound
> > flat?
>
>Well, Morse code is a nice flat con-script :)
>
>If I had a *very* flat language it'd have, say, only one or two closely
>related vowels and maybe one place of articulation.
>
>/tI4iTi: dIt_hI:4 tiDI:4tIT/
Hm, dentals have decidedly un-flat connotations for me - probably due to the
look of the letters {t} and {d}.

What I'll definitely'll include for flattishness is equal stress on all
syllables. And flat tone thru entire statements too.

                                      Andreas
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