mostly the latter things that will actually reach the page: * names * at most one conversation in conlang as a plot device to let X and Y communicate without Z overhearing * one or two discussions of WHY Orange phyle wants a conlang and why Blue phyle things it's stupid
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Replying to @MorlockP @random_eddie and
contrast the CEO Trials in the backstory of books 1 and 2 mentioned once or twice Mike met Darcy and/or Javier around then Mike hates USG because of it DONE No transcripts of said trials.
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So, here's a pointer. Hebrew and Esperanto each were founded on a core idea. "Recreate the ancient language to unite our people." "An international language that anyone can learn easily." Figure out the core idea Max wants, and the language he creates will follow from that.
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dude, you're doing a great job of catching up :) the core idea of what will become the Orange phyle of the dogs is laid out in books 1 & 2 , and moves to the forefront in 3 & 4: rejection of human supremacy or even FRIENDSHIP / creation of a culture as tool to achieve equality
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Replying to @MorlockP @random_eddie and
it's basically 1960's Black Power getting rid of slave names, plus short man syndrome ("I'm never gonna curl up on your lap or fetch your slippers...BITCH"), plus insecurity, plus... leads to some weird places (neo-paganism c.f. Draka with their recently created rituals)
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Replying to @MorlockP @random_eddie and
phyle cold war (leading to maybe hot civil war?) recapitulates / critiques current culture war, plus red tribe vs gray tribe split, plus...
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Replying to @MorlockP @random_eddie and
but the point is: I am not starting with a desire for a conlang and working backwards to think about the motivation; I HAVE the motivation and am using a conlang to reify that motivation into things that can be seen (not merely talked about in the abstract) on the page
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Replying to @MorlockP @random_eddie and
It sounds like Max would be incredibly motivated to create a language that is fundamentally unreproducible by unaided human mouths. Do you even want it to be possible to render it with the Latin alphabet?
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Replying to @random_scrub @MorlockP and
(i.e. are you going to be creating a different writing system as well?)
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From the perspective of anyone who makes their living writing code (like the Dogs), new writing systems suck. I doubt they'd bother with it.
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that's my hunch I mean, you could just do it in unicode, but... yes, we agree: top down changes that don't take into account local knowledge are a pain WHICH IS PART OF THE POINT !
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