Re: new relay

I would like to join in as well (using the language
Elenyo)
Its now ready I think for  project like this. I have
just recently written a long poem in Elenyo, and I
have found no problems.

James O'Connell

--- John-Martin <jmlotzn1@...> wrote: > I'm
not playing. My language is not well enough
> developed.
> However, what about a conversation.  For Ex, Meet
> the folks,
> greet a old friend.  have kids pester an old adult
> for a
> story.
> __________________
> "God does not throw dice" Albert Einstein
>
> "Oh yes, he does throw dice" Skye Masterson
>
> jmlotzn1@pacbell.net
> ___________________
>
>
> : No! Poetry is so culturally laden that people with
> languages
> : embedded in a fairly well thought out culture
> would be hard
> : pressed to make it fit (remember the discussion we
> had a while
> : ago about the Declaration of Human Rights?). I
> would strongly
> : prefer that the relay text not be poetry for this
> reason.
>
> This is a good point.
> Thinking about Tolkien, I've noticed that he tends
> to use a great deal of
> proper nouns.  These might be fun to mangle across
> languages, but they're
> perhaps less fun than native words.  (Though he does
> tend to provide
> etymologies - if no one objects, the names could be
> translated and borrowed
> both, to see the differing effects.)  I think, if we
> were to go with this
> Tolkien thing, then a snippet of the Silmarillion
> would likely be the best
> option, or the wonderful Books of Lost Tales.  In
> fact, in the process of
> writing this mail, I've found a passage that seems
> to be sufficiently long
> and interesting, and in a way sort of conlangy as
> well.    So, I'll start my
> portion of the relay, and begin compiling a list of
> participants.  Here are
> those that've expressed interest in a new relay so
> far, to my knowledge:
>
> Robert Hailman
> Dirk Elzinga - Shemspreg
> Roger Mills
> Padraic Brown
> Jesse Bangs
> Herman Miller - Czirehlat
> Tom Pullman?
> Daniel Andreasson
> Yoon Ha Lee
> Daniel Seriff - Mungayöd, Glïzxföösee
> Frank G. Válóczy  - Dalmatian (acutes, yes?  I
> remember you mentioning that
> your mailer can't handle them.  Tragedy.)
> bjm10@cornell.edu... I could swear I should know who
> this person is.  I hang
> my head in shame.
>
> This, I believe, will be the fourth:
> Irina's Starling Song
> Sally's Wisdom Of Bast
> Nicole's Bliss
> And then mine.  If I recall, there was a phonology
> relay of some sort, but
> it seems to have vanished from the face of the list
> with no evidence of its
> passage.
>
> ---
> Shreyas
>
> P.S.:Sally, I love the setup you've done for your
> Second Relay website.
> It's really great seeing these things in their full
> splendour.  I love
> relays.
> ---
> Shreyas

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