Re: history of conlanging

Matt Pearson <jmpearson@...> comunu:

> the confluence of several streams:  In addition to Tolkien
> and Esperanto, I was very much into codes and ciphers
> as a kid
Oh, I should have mentioned this.  This was definitely an influence on me.
I loved code-breaking substitution ciphers.

Around this time, I designed one of my few alphabets, which was actually
intended for a simple LED screen with these bars:

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|\/|
|/\|
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It was just a matter of trying to get the 26 letters on to this shape.


> and also enjoyed drawing maps of imaginary places
Me too!  I spent way more time designing D&D campaigns than I ever did
playing them.


> Later, when I was about 11, a friend and I collaborated on
> an English relex which we called "Jibberish".
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).


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Jeffrey Henning
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