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Re: Learning your own conlang (was Re: Now that I have it . . .)

From:Damon M. Lord <lorddm@...>
Date:Wednesday, December 5, 2001, 3:39
On 4 Dec 2001, at 19:35, Yoon Ha Lee wrote:

> > The absolute best way to learn your own language, though, is > > to combine the "write a primer" approach with "teach a friend." A > > friend of mine thinks Vaior is very cool, but he's not linguistically > > trained at all, so I get very pointed questions about usage, etc. > > This really gets you thinking about how the language works, and > > deepens your own understanding. > > I like that a lot. :-) If only I had a friend who were that interested. > :-p Perhaps a conlang "student/teacher" exchange?
In theory there's a student-teacher exchange on the net at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Conlangs_in_use , but I very much doubt there's much of a chance of finding a real world person to teach. I just get strange looks when I say something in my own language. :o) - igh wær go, hwær dy Scyp na dear go. http://members.tripod.co.uk/damonmlord/wessisc/ - Damon M. Lord Estydent Yæi_au LordDM@cf.ac.uk dirtybiblestories@priest.co.uk