--- On Mon, 9/6/10, vii iiix <[log in to unmask]> wrote:


> Wow that is very interesting. What a
> great project, I wish we had of done something like that
> back when I was in school. Cosindering that the creators
> were 5th and 6ht graders the work is pretty dam good. Thanks
> for link, it's a very interesting article and if anyone else
> can read German it's a must read.
> Cheers,
> 
Indeed, mighty good for that age group. Looks like there was a certain amount of direction (everyone produced translations of the same sentences)-- I wonder what would have happened if their imaginations had been allowed to run really wild???? :-)))

As best I recall, in 5th-6th grade the best I could do was create some names by spelling things backwards-- I recall characters named Otamot Puos and Doowgad Daetsmub :-)))) Actually at that age I was more into inventing countries-- Dogdom, Catdom (capital Scruff City), Rabbitdom (capital Tegucigalpa-- wha??? ), Chickendom etc.and drawing maps of them and pictures of some of their cities. All lost in the dustbin of time; but the island that was Catdom has lived on, and is now the island Yanatros on Planet Cindu.)
> 
> > Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 22:49:22 +0200
> > From: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Kumamese, Nigelmargish and Wuffian
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > 
> > Hi!
> > 
> > Checking the logs of my site, I've just found this: 
> > <http://wwwuser.gwdg.de/~msailer2/events/projektburladingen2010/>.
> The 
> > Progymnasium Burladingen offered a course in
> Conlanging in their 6th 
> > form as a part of their project week, apparently,
> linking to my 
> > translation of the LCK (and to conlang.org as well).
> As far as I 
> > understand it, the course was led by a staff member of
> the linguistics 
> > department of Universität Göttingen. Those who are
> able to read German 
> > may want to read the article, it also contains
> examples of the languages 
> > the individual groups created (Kumamese, Nigelmargish
> and Wuffian). I 
> > haven't read the article yet, but I guess it would be
> fun to see what a 
> > couple of 12 year-olds can come up within three days
> (including playful 
> > silliness), and in how far they deviated from German.
> > 
> > Carsten
> > 
> > -- 
> > My Conlang: http://benung.nfshost.com
> > Der Sprachbaukasten: http://sanstitre.nfshost.com/sbk
> > Blog: http://sanstitre.nfshost.com
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