Re: ,Language' in language name?

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From: "Nik Taylor" <fortytwo@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 8:46 PM
Subject: Re: ,Language' in language name?


> Irina Rempt wrote:
> > > This viewpoint
> > > is derived from my philosophy of conlanging: that of discovery, not
> > > creation.
> >
> > What came first, the philosophy or the realization that this was the
> > way it worked for you? For me it was the latter.
>
Well, I got quite far, in my earlier language, but it was basically a
reflexication of English, it had a complete lack of cases, and most of the
sounds were basic English.  I decided I wanted something more alien, so I
dumped th old one in favour of my present language.

But, in my old language, I had started discovering things, and one of the
reasons I dumped it was because I hated the language as it was beginning to
turn out.  Some of you may remember it: it was called 'Montanian' or 'Pirana
Ksulilh'.

Anyhow, I haven't actually finished the Babel text yet, so I'm still the
creator, and I haven't discovered anyhting yet.