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... Well, Alurians are actually from another world. Earthlike, but not THAT Earthlike. Alurians are human in appearance only. This has had quite a bit of...
Tony Harris
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Feb 20, 1999
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Mizarian music uses various scales that are exotic from the point of view of traditional Western music. 15, 17, 19, and 22-note scales are the most common....
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... [description snipped] Old Roman law knew this kind of debtor under the title of "nexus" (the bound one, roughly). If you are not familiar with this, you...
John Cowan
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Feb 20, 1999
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Fortunecity has once again lost my Nova, Nowan, and Feorran pages. I have had with them and will be finding a new home for all of them -- Brad Coon ...
Hawksinger
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Feb 20, 1999
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... I'll have to try that recipe one day, Tony. Reading the post made me curious about where the Alurians are from. The word "Laks" sounds like the...
Kristian Jensen
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Feb 20, 1999
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After Pablo's, Padraic's, and Carlos's posts on the dark side of their concultures, I decided to post a "me-too". I still haven't worked out the details of...
Kristian Jensen
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Feb 19, 1999
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... Rather than reposting massively, I will just point you all to the Brithenig/Kemr web page at ...
John Cowan
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Feb 19, 1999
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... Well, it's certainly best to have the Truth on your side! ... A thorough preparation, indeed. [snip] ... One would imagine that these Ciravesu might be...
Padraic Brown
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Feb 19, 1999
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... a ... My comments: 1. Could you maybe explain the reduplication method? I've never heard of such a thing used grammatically (except in IE perfects). [This...
Pablo Flores
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Feb 19, 1999
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... to ... Oh, I don't love chopping people :-) I was thinking more of a Rohirrim-type warrior who goes singing to battle. ... certain ... No racial...
Pablo Flores
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Feb 19, 1999
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... JRRT, who IMHO first discovered/published the connection between conlang and conculture (we really know almost nothing about artlangs before his time, do...
John Cowan
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Feb 19, 1999
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... Valdyan has two different words for lying. _Nayarla_ ("say something unreal") means that the message is not true, whether the speaker intended this or not;...
Irina Rempt
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Feb 19, 1999
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... This is a great place, where people know that! I was a member of a society of world-builders for a while, but the consensus there seemed to be that it...
Irina Rempt
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Feb 19, 1999
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... Me <fx: wave hand>. Irina Rempt, sort of youngish middle-aged (well, 41 next Thursday), married, mother of three girls, translator by trade, inventor of...
Irina Rempt
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Feb 19, 1999
10:01 am
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Well, I've been wondering whether I should post this or not, because there's a lot about conculture here, but also a lot about conlang. So, to solve the...
Christophe Grandsire
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Feb 19, 1999
11:49 am
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After Pablo and Padraic's postings on the dark side of their concultures... I would post on the dark side of Hangkerim. H. are very tolerant people in respect...
Carlos Thompson
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Feb 19, 1999
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Hello, This is my first post, and want to let ya'll know a bit about the alien culture of the planet Shevbrelt. (I do not have any ideas about the languages of...
Adam Walker
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Feb 19, 1999
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... I have the feeling that _many_ of the posts here will be of a mixt nature. ... bits! ... Now this is curious: does this "preparation of the land" include ...
Padraic Brown
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Feb 19, 1999
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After I had a harddisk crash recently :-( a lot of the unpublished material on Hangkerim and other projects, including my email folders, are lost... at least...
Carlos Thompson
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Feb 19, 1999
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... The listserver does add it. It's intended to help people who want to sort list mail from personal mail. Therefore, whenever one makes a personal reply,...
John Cowan
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Feb 19, 1999
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Well, first time I post to conculture, and I have a question: what's the [conculture] prefix that appears in all message subjects? I included it just for...
Pablo Flores
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Feb 19, 1999
1:56 am
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Just kidding. Several messages on conlang have pushed me towards joining this list at least on a trial basis (I know you were all waiting anxiously for me ;)...
Hawksinger
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Feb 19, 1999
12:03 am
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Here's the first of several potential recipes if people are interested. I have actually prepared all of the Alurian recipes for my family, which is how we...
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Feb 18, 1999
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For the record, we now have 23 subscribers, with new ones arriving daily. So far, we have had a lot of posts of the form "Would it be appropriate to..." The...
John Cowan
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Feb 18, 1999
10:26 pm
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Does anyone have thoughts on what should/shouldn't be included in topics here? For example, I could pop an Alurian recipe or two onto the list to get things...
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Feb 18, 1999
9:17 pm
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Hello there As I can see, I'm the 4th one to subscribe to this list. Shall we be able to send as many posts as are sent to the Conlang-l? :) Christophe...
Christophe Grandsire
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Feb 18, 1999
10:44 am
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It was me that suggested a conculture list, and cc-ed to John as a tacit nudge for him to set one up from Onelist.com. I suggested it as principally for...
And Rosta
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Feb 18, 1999
3:32 am
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OK... this is the first time I'm posting to this list. Just thought I'd let my presence be known. I'm sure many of you are already acquainted with Boreanesia...
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Feb 12, 1999
9:41 pm
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For those already subscribed in this new list I will briefly comment on Hangkerim. Hangkerim is an alternative world culture. Is a milenary culture in a world...
Carlos Thompson
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Feb 12, 1999
4:53 pm
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Hello? -- "It's bad manners to talk about ropes in the house of a man whose father was hanged." - Irish proverb http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/X-Files ...
Nik Taylor
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Feb 12, 1999
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