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"ref": "1994 January 20, Guru Aleph_Null, “Gen-X Parents...”, in alt.society.generation-x (Usenet), archived from the original on 22 Mar 2026:",
"text": "You should look at the conlanguage Lojban, you can mark tenses and space contexts just about anywhere. You can probably tell a good joke in one \"utterance\".",
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"ref": "1994 December 2, Kai-hsu Tai, “Conlang in Star Trek”, in sci.lang (Usenet), archived from the original on 22 Mar 2026:",
"text": "I have noticed that there are a few mails concerning the constructed languages in Star Trek recently in sci.lang. I would appreciate someone giving me further info on these conlanguages.",
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"ref": "1998 July 27, <talysman@my-dejanews.com>, “Sex ads”, in alt.language.artificial (Usenet), archived from the original on 22 Mar 2026:",
"text": "I have nothing specific to say about languages, or conlanguages specifically, but I'll post some random musings to see if it triggers any reactions.",
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"ref": "2002 August 3, David Thomas, “Conlang poll”, in alt.language.artificial (Usenet), archived from the original on 22 Mar 2026:",
"text": "I know I'm probably just repeating popular hype, but I'm v. fond of Tolkien's Quenya. I have to say I think it qualifies for most beautiful in terms of grammar, sound, romanized and native script, as well as vocabulary... That said, anyone know of the cutest conlanguage? My French teacher used to make up pronouns like 'angelboo' et al, and my good friend made a language based on it, […]",
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"ref": "2003 January 16, Edward J. Kloczko, “Sindarin”, in alt.fan.tolkien (Usenet), archived from the original on 22 Mar 2026:",
"text": "Study what Tolkien actually created means not try to to create new languages, that is if you appreciate what the genius mind of J.R.R. Tolkien actually created. Internet will only confuse you. In order to understand the ConLanguages of Professor Tolkien, you have no other choice but to carefully read and study what J.R.R. Tolkien actually _wrote_.",
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"ref": "2003 August 6, Graham Woodland, “Part rant / part phiolosophy^([sic])”, in rec.arts.sf.composition (Usenet), archived from the original on 22 Mar 2026:",
"text": "In Daea, whose languages and other stuff allude blatantly to familiar cultures but manifestly can't be mapped on anything resembling a one-to-one basis, I think I'm coming in with less baggage. And Valdyas, with its genuinely original and exotic-looking conlanguage and seriously unfamiliar cultures, would have less readerly baggage (for me, at least) than either.",
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"ref": "2003 August 19, Graham Woodland, “Gods?”, in rec.arts.sf.composition (Usenet), archived from the original on 22 Mar 2026:",
"text": "Similarly, there are plentiful tacit indications that High Ambrian sounds kind of like Gaulish might have developed in a world where Latin and Celtic influences were nearly equal, and the prestige of post-Classical Greece/[Atlantis] stood higher. An arbitrary conlanguage, or a one-to-one mapping, loses an awful lot of the appropriate associations and subliminal incluing^([sic]) about what this world is *like*.",
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"ref": "2006 March 2, Franz Gnaedinger, “what is etymology? (linguistics and biology)”, in sci.lang (Usenet), archived from the original on 22 Mar 2026:",
"text": "A sponsored link this morning, accompanying my daily message, says: Invent a language. And they recommend four books for inspiration, among them: Peter T. Daniels and William Bright (editors), The World's Writing Systems. I can only hope a lot of people invent a conlanguage, as they call invented languages, inspired by your book, and present them here in sci.lang ...",
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"ref": "2010 January 25, Abrigon Gusiq, “[Abrigon-World] Origins”, in Abrigon World (Google Groups), archived from the original on 22 Mar 2026:",
"text": "Abrigon started in many ways. First sort of a continuation of a gaming world of some buddies of mine back c.1987 or so. Also part of the Networld project, mostly experiance in how that worked or did not work. Also my background in Tolkien and conlanguages and constructed cultures and more.",
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185
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63
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259,
270
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"ref": "2002 August 3, David Thomas, “Conlang poll”, in alt.language.artificial (Usenet), archived from the original on 22 Mar 2026:",
"text": "I know I'm probably just repeating popular hype, but I'm v. fond of Tolkien's Quenya. I have to say I think it qualifies for most beautiful in terms of grammar, sound, romanized and native script, as well as vocabulary... That said, anyone know of the cutest conlanguage? My French teacher used to make up pronouns like 'angelboo' et al, and my good friend made a language based on it, […]",
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220,
232
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"ref": "2003 January 16, Edward J. Kloczko, “Sindarin”, in alt.fan.tolkien (Usenet), archived from the original on 22 Mar 2026:",
"text": "Study what Tolkien actually created means not try to to create new languages, that is if you appreciate what the genius mind of J.R.R. Tolkien actually created. Internet will only confuse you. In order to understand the ConLanguages of Professor Tolkien, you have no other choice but to carefully read and study what J.R.R. Tolkien actually _wrote_.",
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"text": "In Daea, whose languages and other stuff allude blatantly to familiar cultures but manifestly can't be mapped on anything resembling a one-to-one basis, I think I'm coming in with less baggage. And Valdyas, with its genuinely original and exotic-looking conlanguage and seriously unfamiliar cultures, would have less readerly baggage (for me, at least) than either.",
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271
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"ref": "2003 August 19, Graham Woodland, “Gods?”, in rec.arts.sf.composition (Usenet), archived from the original on 22 Mar 2026:",
"text": "Similarly, there are plentiful tacit indications that High Ambrian sounds kind of like Gaulish might have developed in a world where Latin and Celtic influences were nearly equal, and the prestige of post-Classical Greece/[Atlantis] stood higher. An arbitrary conlanguage, or a one-to-one mapping, loses an awful lot of the appropriate associations and subliminal incluing^([sic]) about what this world is *like*.",
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274
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"ref": "2006 March 2, Franz Gnaedinger, “what is etymology? (linguistics and biology)”, in sci.lang (Usenet), archived from the original on 22 Mar 2026:",
"text": "A sponsored link this morning, accompanying my daily message, says: Invent a language. And they recommend four books for inspiration, among them: Peter T. Daniels and William Bright (editors), The World's Writing Systems. I can only hope a lot of people invent a conlanguage, as they call invented languages, inspired by your book, and present them here in sci.lang ...",
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255
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"text": "Abrigon started in many ways. First sort of a continuation of a gaming world of some buddies of mine back c.1987 or so. Also part of the Networld project, mostly experiance in how that worked or did not work. Also my background in Tolkien and conlanguages and constructed cultures and more.",
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