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Re: A New Conlang For Your Consideration

From:John Quijada <jq_ithkuil@...>
Date:Saturday, January 24, 2004, 19:52
On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 14:22:51 +0100, takatunu <takatunu@...> wrote:

> jcowan@REUTERSHEALTH.COM wrote: > ><<<<<< >I have barely scratched the surface of this amazing site and its rococo >language, but I will say, meaning nothing but the best by it, that Sr. >Quijada is eminently worthy of his illustrious family. >>>>>> > >I have finished reading the grammar sections. It's amazingly detailed and >very clear at the same time you read it like a novel. >Is the Quijada family illustrious for conlanging? >
----- Twenty-odd years ago when I began writing the grammar, I actually entertained naive notions that it might be publishable to a general (i.e., non-conlang) audience, which is why I wrote in a deliberately clear, layperson-oriented style trying to assume little if any linguistic knowledge on the part of the reader. I stuck to that style even after coming to the conclusion that Ithkuil would ultimately only appeal to the online conlang community, otherwise I would've had to rewrite whole sections. As for Mr. Cowan's comment on my "illustrious" family, I can only assume he is making a wry reference to page one of Cervantes' "Don Quixote" where we learn that the title character's real name is Alonso Quixada (the older spelling of Quijada). The name is the Spanish word for "jaw." "Quixote" simply means "big jaw."

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