Re: My newest project

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On Sunday 24 February 2002 04:28 pm, Christopher B Wright wrote:
> I'm making a vampire language. The temporary name is Fampónd, which is
> the possessive form of "vampire" fampó (not very imaginative, I'll
> admit).
>
> Yes, yes, it's been done before.
        I have to admit, my favorite vampire language predates most, if not all, of
the modern vampire languages that have cropped up recently. I can find only
two faults with it: one, it's a transparently Latin in origin, and two, it
uses obnoxious little diacritics to indicate /ts/, /S/. In ASCII text.
However, it's a genuine vampire language that actually has quite a large
following (all things considered) and a growing body of literature. Just say
it aloud and conjure up images of Vlad...
        To whet the palette:

Cu cât s,tim mai mult, cu atât ne dám seama cât de put,in s,tim.
Era as,a de frig încât au renunt,at sá meargá la mare.
Concertul era as,a de prost încât am plecat dupá un sfert deorá.

(In case the accent gets mangled by your email program, â is a-circumflex, î
is i-circumflex, and á is a-acute, although the actual accent should be a
breve. As I said, the orthography leaves much to be desired. t, is /ts/ and
s, is /S/.)
        :Peter
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