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--- On Sat, 12/5/09, Marko <codename_gimmick@hidden.email> wrote: >As a whole, though, it seems this notion isn't gaining a lot of >traction... have you tried taking this idea to the CONLANG mailing list? >There are at least a few romlangers there who aren't necessarily a part >of this list, so you may be able to garner up some more interest there. >The ZBB might be helpful as well (though admittedly I see a lot more a >priori conlangers there than anything else). >I'm happy to participate either way, but if we want to incorporate our >conlangs, I'd say the more the merrier. :-) My penny-hapenny: Part of the reason why these sorts of proposals don't get far is that most conlangs really aren't ready for use in a live chat situation, either spoken or written. First, really only one person in the whole place actually knows the language (the conlanger); next, most conlangers don't have native level fluency in their language. They have to look up words and perhaps check their reference grammer to remember how that fiddly past anterior subjunctive is supposed to go. All that takes time to accomplish, and all the while, everyone else in the chat room is shuffling about waiting for something to happen. Second, we've already got a place where our languages can be so shown off, even in conversation, and that's right here. You don't need any special services or do anything more difficult than send an email. This sort of forum gives everyone the opportunity to look, ask questions (and read the answers), plus they can try their hands at responding either with their own conlang or yours. Messages can be read and studied and translated at each person's own speed without having to worry about some kind of live chat situation where, by admission, most participants are going to end up talking in Spanish or English anyway. So, per ke n' yscrives ty couech becko c' teu nconcante? >-Marko >>--- In romconlang@yahoogro ups.com, "Capsicum" <thomas@...> wrote: >> >> We could use Skype for it. I prefer it to other chat programms because >>you don't have to tell everybody everything about you. I can't programm >>a chat myself but Skype would be good enough to start. >> >> I understand Latin quite well and know many word and I learnt Italian >>for three years in school. Maybe I would have to write in English for >>start because I am not fluent in those languages. >> >> - Capsicum >>