From: Jan van Steenbergen (ijzeren_jan@yahoo.co.uk)
Date: Thu Aug 15 2002 - 15:11:33 EST
--- Eamon Graham wrote:
> > En effet ! J'ai exactement le même problème ! Pour mon narbonnois (dans la
> > langue |narbonósc|, il m'a fallu plusieurs mois pour trouver un nom
> convenable.
>
> I've often considered using the method of Tristan Tzara and just
> picking a word at random from the dictionary and then weaving an
> elaborate story around it to justify it.
Speaking for myself, the best place to find a solution to this type of problems
is a nice, hot bath.
In general, I'm satisfied with the names of my languages, although in the case
of Hattic it took me a while. The funny thing is that I completely cannot
remember where my language names came from. I guess they just came to me in a
dream or something.
However, I am not very sure about the name for my newest language, Slovanik. It
sounds a bit cheap to me and way too similar to names of other, existing
languages. On the other hand, it covers the load nicely, and at least as a
"working title" it is acceptable. It will probably take me some time, too,
until I find the strength to take a definitive decision about it.
Jan
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