Re: I'm new!

I'll join the gang in welcoming you!

James O'Connell wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Hopkins" <Espero9@...>
> To: <CONLANG@...>
> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 10:53 PM
> Subject: Re: I'm new!
>
> > We would all love to see more of your language.
> > (Ár báshit sholáris shúnya shéy mogáris brinyánen.)
> That is kind, and I will endeavour to put the output of my labour onto the
> net within time. For now though, a short grammar and lexicon can be found at
> http://website.lineone.net/~istari/ling.htm
Score! I'll look it over when I have the chance, I love reading about
languages, allways chock full of refreshing ideas.

> > When did you start constructing languages?
> > (Ránti tá sitsholovó sítya mabugyáve?)
> Good question!
> Maybe when I was 9 or 10. I remember the first thing I put together
> resembling a language had a lexicon composed of near latin-borrowings and a
> grammar which showed an OSV word order and agglutinating verb endings to
> show person/tense. I can't tell you when I created that. Since then there
> have been many little languages most not reaching beyond about 100 words in
> vocabulary, although one language, Minervan, a mock-european language
> reached around 500 words.
Pretty sweet. OSV word order and agglutinating verb endings? I can tell
you that my first attempts at conlanging were no where near as clearly
designed as that.

> Tell us more about yourself!
> (Shéri báshey mogése arrúvya!)
>
> Ok, I'm James O'Connell, I'm 14 years old, 3/4 English, 1/4 Irish, and live
> not far from the wonderful township of Ipswich in the South East of England.
> I was born, however, in Westminster, London.
> I adore football, tolkien, food, sleep, squah, linguistics, web design,
> computer games and roman history.
Ah! A young'un. Well, I'm only 15, so it's not too different.

My mom's side of the family is pretty much 3/4 English and 1/4 Irish, so
we have that in common - my dad's side is entirely Polish. We also share
interests in food, sleep, linguistics, and computer games! Those four
are the sweetest things known to man, the first 2 more so than the
second two.

> What is the name of the language you are working on now?
> (Kiinízhe mishtaratyíra tá shól shéri kiíney tsórni vadikyáre?)
>
> It has no name at the moment, as I will wait till an appropriate name comes
> to mind.
Ah, an un-named language. Just relax, and the name will come. Always
does.

> Is it your only project?
> (Késh iíd báshit múrnit úchas onyára?)
>
> At the moment, yes.
> Will there be others?
> (Késh tamágit uchasovó lafiyázhe?)
>
> Maybe, but I hope not - I hope to really knuckle down on this one and get it
> somewhere respectable.
Good - we need more people with a strong work ethic in this world. I'd
like to say that's what I'm doing with Ajuk, but it's not so - I've got
at least 3 embryonic langs in the works right now.

Welcome to Conlang! Relax, have fun - no where like it on the 'net.

--
Robert