# 1 wrote:
> Tim May wrote:
[snip]
>> >
>> > I don't remember the name of the aforementioned conlang,
>> > but it was a loglang/engelang,
>
Loglang - it's Jeff Prothero's "design and Implementation of a
Near-optimal Loglang Syntax"
>> and if I recall correctly it had
>> > 16 phonemes each with a vocalic and a consonantal allophone.
>
Yep - that's so. The alphabet is:
bcdf ghjk lmnp stvz
Each letter, as well as having a vocalic and a consonantal pronunciation
(thus making _all_ sequences of letters pronounceable, also had a binary
representation and each letter corresponded to a hexadecimal digit. Thus
any bit stream could be encoded into letters by breaking it up into
groups of four bits.
[snip]
Yes, that's the URL. But tho it's hosted on Rick's site, it's Jeff's
language. I am not sure why it is referred to as 'Plan B' on the site.
>>
>> "By providing both a vowel and a consonant
>> pronunciation for each letter, and using
>> them alternately, we can pronounce arbitrary
>> strings of letters without difficulty. This is
>> important: It modularizes our language design
>> by decoupling our word-encodings from the
>> details of the human vocal tract, letting us
>> concentrate on other issues."
>
Exactly.
> Why is it so hard to find original ideas?
I guess, because we're only human :)
>
> And even the times I find one that is really original, I always
> consider this too unproductive for really trying to use it in a conlang
But until you actually try, you'll not know whether it's productive or
not. you may surprise yourself :-)
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Keith Gaughan wrote:
[snip]
> Ah, go mad! It's not originality that matter, it's the fun you have that
> counts.
Exactly!
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