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Re: Benencontrati (well met)



--- In romconlang@yahoogroups.com, Padraic Brown <elemtilas@...> wrote:
>
> --- italocarune <italocarune@...> wrote:
> 
> > Benencontrati e chao. Thought I'd introduce
> > myself. You probably don't know of Carune, my 
> > romance conlang, though you might. I find
> > myself intrigued by your abbreviation. I had 
> > previously coined the term "romlang", which is
> > somewhat shorter. But yours is clearer.
> 
> Benvenuto! I took a look at the grammar page. It
> looks more inspired by Italian than by Spanish --
> what differentiates it from Italian?
Really? I never would have known. I don't have any knowledge of Italian, so most of what I 
have is based on Spanish, with an Italian-ish phonology.
> Regarding the abbreviation: it was chosen to
> avoid the unfortunate spam magnet that the old
> "romance conlang" list has become. Most of the
> posts there are from sex oriented spammers, so
> don't bother subscribing to that list. "Romlang"
> is indeed a well known abbreviation for "Romance
> conlang"; it's several years old by now, though I
> couldn't give an exact date of its first
> utterance.
Ah. Yes. I heard.
> Are your conlangs part of a larger fictional
> (either concultural or alt-historical) setting?
Yes. See http://wiki.frath.net/Alternate_Earth
> Ouel, bengoueneth do ti a Charune. Asty mer poz
> attroupar-si yen log dack pery feaire parlier!
Are you the creator of Ill Bethisad? I admire your work greatly--it's part of my inspiration.