Re: [announce] Invented Languages magazine

On 31/05/08 15:29:27, David J. Peterson wrote:

> Call it blasphemy, but I am more impressed by someone who
> can put together a functional, New York Times-style crossword
> puzzle than by someone who creates a language.  I have tried,
> on occasion, to produce a crossword puzzle.  Not in a conlang,
> or a second language, mind you, but in English--my home court,
> as it were.  And while I can do an elementary school crossword
> puzzle (the ones where there is, at most, two intersections
> between words), I have attempted a real one, and ended up
> tearing it to shreds.  I tried desperately to find a word in English
> that ended in "-ec" and was eleven letters long.  I'm not sure
> such a thing exists.  To you, sir, I tip my hat.  And if you really
> did want to put together a conlang crossword, I'd give you
> some words.  I'd be delighted to see the result.
Without intending to belittle Paul's achievements, I think most
crosswords these days are made by computer. Those fancy symmetrical
ones or whatever probably get the words out of a database and then at
most a human comes up with the clues.

--
Tristan.

Replies