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nemesis_dracoLanguage, Languages, and Dialect in Aspects, an essay by Andrew 'Draco Concordans' Plotkin. I got to the line near the end of the essay where he reiterates the essay's secret title and I started laughing so hard I couldn't explain myself for about a minute.
I'd noticed that Quercian wasn't Latin, and that even given that the etymologies in the book were spurious at best... but I hadn't put the whole thing together.
I have no doubt that "the conlang of Pierre Menard" is exactly what Ford was going for. It's just so ... *waves hands* perfectly shaped.
Also I am sad and angry (at whom?) that there won't be any more, because Aspects really is a masterwork.
I'd noticed that Quercian wasn't Latin, and that even given that the etymologies in the book were spurious at best... but I hadn't put the whole thing together.
I have no doubt that "the conlang of Pierre Menard" is exactly what Ford was going for. It's just so ... *waves hands* perfectly shaped.
Also I am sad and angry (at whom?) that there won't be any more, because Aspects really is a masterwork.
