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Re: Conlang as a divider from others

From:Jeffrey Henning <jeffrey@...>
Date:Sunday, December 5, 1999, 5:52
abrigon comunu:

> I wonder if a small group could not invent a Conlang, use it as a > lingo of thier group/commune/sect/etc so that amongst themselves they > can communicate, but the outside can't.
Since I was designing Dublex to be easy to learn, I thought it would make= a great code language for friends who wanted to talk privately. I also wan= ted to teach my wife it, now that my twin sons are older and learning to spel= l. :-) ("Daddy, what is S-E-X anyway?" was a recent indication that we can= no longer spell out things.) Unfortunately, my wife thinks I'm crazy and doesn't want to learn Dublex. So now I want to teach my kids Dublex, so that we can talk to each other without being understood by (m)others. So I bought a box of flashcards a= nd wrote the Dublex words on them. Unfortunately, they mainly want me to translate Pokemon names into the language: jebfabjant [pocket+monster(made+animal); note that Pok=E9mon is a Japanes= e word coined from English "pocket monster"] Pok=E9mon (registered U.S. trademark of Nintendo) -- general name given to the many creatures found = in the Pok=E9mon universe, which is the subject of video games, trading card games and cartoons "Hmm, okay, Chris, I guess 'Blastoise' would be 'vattubvuhi circrept' [water+tube+weapon+/idiomatic-conjunction turtle(circle+reptile)]. No, Alex, I can't think of a good name for Psyduck. Um, wait a minute -- how about 'mentsensi vathir' (mental+sense+/id.m. water+bird)?" Prepare for trouble! Make it double! Jeffrey Henning http://www.LangMaker.com/ - Invent Your Own Language subscribe-dublexgame@onelist.com - Win $100 in the DublexGame contest! "We'll be the richest rogues of all time / Creators of a grand design."