Re: Data and Musings...

David Petersonw wrote:
>In a message dated 9/30/01 3:45:32 AM, and_yo@HOTMAIL.COM writes:
>
><< Someone PAID you for making a conlang? Please tell us more - I can
>always
>use some extra cash! ;-)
>
>Seriously, I'd very much like to know why and in what circumstances someone
>paid someone you for constructing a language. Working for next Star Trek
>movie or what? >>
>
>     Someone was creating a personal role playing game for himself and his
>friends.  I created a grammar and a method for creating more words (I only
>created about 100 words), including derivational morphology, simplified
>explanations on exactly how it should be used, and whatnot.  You'd be
>surprised how many create role playing games that they don't intend to take
>to publishers and who would like languages for certain races/species but
>who
>have no interest in actually learning anything about linguistics.
I'm not surprised about the RPG making bit - have made two myself, and have
a dozen of sketches lying around in my head, some of who've even managed to
attach themselves to various bits of noting paper. But if I knew squat of
linguistics, I'd presumeably simply create codes for English for any langs I
felt I needed (Incidentally, despite being a conlanger, I've never really
combined conlanging and RPGs - mostly out of the feeling that other RPGers
wouldn't appreciate it to it full worth. And, really, how practical is it to
actually _use_ a conlang in RPGing?). So I'm still somewhat surprised
someone actually was prepared to pay for it. I guess he didn't exactly pay
you royal salary?

                                             Andreas


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