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2012/2/15 Nicole Valicia Thompson-Andrews <[log in to unmask]>

> So I have one hundred rules if I want?
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick Dunn" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 11:59 AM
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> Subject: Re: Fw: Rules an Yardish's Writing Sysem
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> Why wouldn't it?  Braille makes sense to me; I can even puzzle some of it
> out visibly.  I can't read by touch, of course, not having learned to do
> so, but why not a writing system that is entirely tactile?  It'd be fresh
> and interesting.
>
> As far as the complexity of language thing, I think Peter is pulling your
> leg slightly.  There are no experts on conlanging, for one thing, and for
> another, I'm pretty sure you couldn't get all the rules of Bahasa Indonesia
> on two sheets of paper, and the paradigms alone of Greek would take up
> about ten pages.
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> --Patrick
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> On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 6:54 AM, Nicole Valicia Thompson-Andrews <
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> If I create a writing system that looks like braille, it won't make sense
>> to anyone visually or probably tactically reading it, will it?
>>
>> Nicole Andrews
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>> Pen name Mellissa Green
>> Budding novelist
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>> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 5:25 AM
>> Subject: Re: Fw: Rules an Yardish's Writing Sysem
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>>  On Wednesday, 15 February, 2012 09:00:28 you wrote:
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>>>
>>> How should I create Yaardish's writing system, since I know some print,
>>>> the
>>>> only real writing system is braille, i'm not sure how to create it.
>>>>
>>>> The authorative version: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/***
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>>>  Also,
>>>
>>>> how many grammar rules can a language have. Nicole Andrews
>>>>
>>>> Most conlang experts prefer the A4-x rule. That is, rather than count
>>> the actual number of rules, simply list them all on an A4 size piece of
>>> paper
>>> (at 9pt font size). The more pieces of paper used (x), the more
>>> complicated
>>> the language.
>>> Some natlang examples:
>>> A4-1: Indonesian
>>> A4-2: English
>>> A4-3: German
>>> A4-4: Russian
>>> A4-5: Arabic
>>>
>>> So if you're starting to get close to filling up five pages (front and
>>> back), you're getting pretty close to the maximum. At which point, it's
>>> probably most convinient to lose one sheet of paper, just to make sure
>>> that
>>> you have enough wriggle room. If you do lose one sheet, make sure that no
>>> rules carry over from previous or following pages, otherwise it will be
>>> very
>>> confusing.
>>> Regards,
>>> :Peter
>>> P.S. Don't use US letter size paper -- it's not asthetically pleasing.
>>> If you're stuck in the US or Canada, I'm sure that a general appeal to
>>> the
>>> list for A4 paper will not go unanswered. Alternately, you can get legal
>>> size
>>> paper and cut it down to 210 в 297 mm.
>>>
>>>
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