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by janMato
Mon Jan 25, 2016 2:34 pm
Forum: sona pona
Topic: Unimplemented idea for chanting
Replies: 2
Views: 9523

Re: Unimplemented idea for chanting

Round one of machine generating a long chant. Uniform distributions for picking consonants and vowels, 10% final n, phonetically invalid syllables removed-- all basic words that mean something removed. I didn't try to remove common proper modifiers. I didn't try to favor syllables that are easier to...
by janMato
Wed Jan 27, 2016 3:10 pm
Forum: jan pi toki pona
Topic: toki! mi jan Sasin. mi namako.
Replies: 7
Views: 6528

Re: toki! mi jan Sasin. mi namako.

tenpo suno pona! nimi mi li Sasin. mi kama sona e toki pona. ma suli ale la jan Sonja li mama e toki pona mute. mi lon lipu Pesipu (? Facebook). mi lon lipu Wete (? Reddit). taso nimi mi li ante. olin en pona! tenpo suno li pona kin! nimi mi li "Mato". mi kin li kepeken e ijo pi lipu mute...
by janMato
Sun Jan 31, 2016 6:50 pm
Forum: jan nasa li wile ante e toki pona
Topic: Crazy people want to change English
Replies: 4
Views: 11304

Crazy people want to change English

So I keep reading all these people discouraging people from making relexes. I get their point that a relex isn't a new language, but sometimes, I think, a creative project calls for an relex, not another unspeakable Elvish. For example, the con-dialects (whole sci fi books have been written in a Sco...
by janMato
Sun Jan 31, 2016 9:18 pm
Forum: jan nasa li wile ante e toki pona
Topic: Crazy people want to change English
Replies: 4
Views: 11304

Re: Crazy people want to change English

The point? To be contrarian. I've read a few of these how-to-write-a-fake-language guides, often they are strong proponents of language inappropriate for fan consumption, or in appropriate for script writer consumption (few/no script writers successfully wrote anything in Klingon)-- in other words, ...
by janMato
Fri Sep 16, 2016 1:43 pm
Forum: jan pi toki pona
Topic: Before I go too far...
Replies: 4
Views: 6381

Re: Before I go too far...

I'd go with jan Loje, in the spirt of discarding too much information, which is what a toki pona phrase typically does.
by janMato
Tue Feb 21, 2017 9:59 pm
Forum: musi
Topic: pali sona li suli? lawa insa li lili? o mani e mi!
Replies: 2
Views: 5913

pali sona li suli? lawa insa li lili? o mani e mi!

(In honor of our "pay some one to do your homework spam") sina ken kama jo e pali lili sama ni: o weka e mani suli tawa mi mute. mi mute o weka e lipu pi nimi mute ni: ni li ijo sama pi jan ante tawa sina. sina ken pana e lipu pi nimi mute tawa jan pi pana sona. jan pi pana sona li pilin e...