Re: Conlang Website

On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, Roger Mills wrote:

> >Mario Bonassin wrote:
> >>
> >> I have registered conlang.net and was going to use it for my conlangs
> >> when I had the idea of a site that had the Babel text of various langs.
> >> The thing is that they would not be in text form like the other sites
> >> that have them but actually spoken by their creators.  being able to
> >> hear the correct sounds as they were intended by their creators would be
> >> interesting and a text as long as the Babel would give a good sampling
> >> of the language.  How many of you would be interested in seeing
> >> something like this happen.
> >
> It _is_ a good idea, and I would like to contribute, but like Irina, I
> prefer not to do Biblical translations.  Perhaps a text of one's own
> choosing?  Or, there was a tale "Gold sword and Red Crystal" that was widely
> translated a while back......
It *is* a neat idea.  I have to join the club, though.  The worldview in
Chevraqis is so different I'd make Utter Hash of anything Biblical, and
while God might forgive me, I wouldn't forgive myself.

"Gold sword and red crystal" sounds much more doable for me.  =^)

YHL