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Better realisation of the idea behind English with epistemic modality:

With modal verbs, the simple past tense cannot be made. So a better way is to shorten phrases such as "by reason I know", "by experience I know" etc down to one word. I.e. "breasknow" /bɹiznʌw/ and "byxpieknow" /bajkʰspʰinʌw/.

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Does something honestly count as a conlang when it's literally just a language + 12 words?

And I don't know what's going on here, but I suggest b'reason/breason/beason and b'ex/bex anyways.

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valiums wrote:Does something honestly count as a conlang when it's literally just a language + 12 words?
I think so, just a really small one.
Do you think this should go in C&C Quickies?

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valiums wrote:I don't know what's going on here
What don't you understand?
valiums wrote:but I suggest b'reason/breason/beason and b'ex/bex anyways.
Good point. There's no point in putting the "I know" bit since it's there every time.

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This prouldn't be a conlang.

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clawgrip wrote:This prouldn't be a conlang.
It's still conlanging.

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It's hardly very interesting 'conlanging'. It's just an extension of the notion of a relex, just without any relexing.

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I can not be the only one here who appreciates neologisms and expansions of previously existing languages.

Conscious applications to language are part of the reason why I hesitate to make a clear distinction between natural and artificial.

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They might be neat, but I'll reiterate that it's not interesting when viewed as 'conlanging'.

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How about a thread where people suggest various improvements or additions to English (NOT in the spelling), and everyone tries to use them.

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valiums wrote:How about a thread where people suggest various improvements or additions to English (NOT in the spelling), and everyone tries to use them.
I support this idea.

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