Re: history of conlanging

Am 11/23 11:39  Matt Pearson yscrifef:
> >ROTFL.  I too designed a language like this!  I called it Jibburish (!!!),
> >and it was spoken in the imaginary land of Jibbur (just past the Outlands,
> >where -- of course -- they spoke Outlandish).
>
> Our Jibberish language was spoken in the tiny country of Jibberia,
> which for some unknown reason we located on the Straits of
> Bosporus in western Turkey.  The conculture was never developed
> beyond naming and locating the country, however.
>
A friend and I worked on a fantasy novel until we ran out of energy.
The world was based on Europe with a few tectonic changes thrown in.  In
the region approximating the Low Countries was The Duchy of Hoek.  They
spoke Gibbers there, after the Capital Gibber.  (Pre-emptive apologies
to our Dutch members!)

- andrew.
--
Andrew Smith, Intheologus                       hobbit@earthlight.co.nz

            "Death is an evil; the gods have so judged it;
                  had it been good, they would die."
                                        - Sappho of Lesbos.