Re: DOS (was Re: Re Robot); conlangs with LOTS of cases

Jörg Rhiemeier wrote:
>
> Robert Hailman wrote:
> >
> > Jörg Rhiemeier wrote:
> > >
> > > No, it is Denial Of Service.
> > >
> > LOL! Never heard that one before!.
>
> Actually, "Denial of Service" is a tech term in computer security, and
> it is actually abbreviated DoS.  A "denial of service" attack is one
> that harrasses a server until it shuts down: it denies its service (even
> to legitimate clients).
> However, I feel that it is a fitting expansion of DOS (in the sense of
> MS-DOS) as well, as this "operating system" denies almost all services
> one expects to get from an OS.
I'm aware of the meaning as it pertains to computer security, but as you
said, it's fitting when applied to DOS in the operating system sense.

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> > Ajuk, in it's very first incarnation, had 22, most of them being local
> > cases, as in your case. I toned it down to seven very quickly. 60 seems
> > like a very high number.
>
> I never came to actually invent morphemes to encode all those cases, but
> it could of course be done with little problem.
>
I did, but I wasn't satisfied with the result, so I got rid of them.

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> So it's a few less than 60, but nevermind.  And it does not even include
> the famous mysterious Respective case of Quenya.
>
??? I don't know much about Quenya. Could you explain this a little?

> You can easily see from the list that I *like* cases, otherwise I
> wouldn't have collected so many of them.  (The only reason why Nur-ellen
> has so few cases, namely two, is that I wanted it to be a plausible
> descendant of Sindarin.)
I like cases too, but the case system of Ajuk didn't really 'gel' with
22, and I was happier with 7. I like playing with case structure in
general, but that sometimes goes against my love of lots of cases.

--
Robert