Comments on: Concordant Chaos: The Chaos by Gerard Nolst Trenité http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/sj Mulching the present to feed the future Tue, 16 Apr 2013 04:40:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: metasj http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/sj/concordant-chaos/comment-page-1/#comment-58663 metasj Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:13:07 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/metasj/concordant-chaos/#comment-58663 Glad you like it, Nick! I've cleaned this latest version up a bit, removing some of the parts that few people would know how to pronounce. There are still a few parts that feel arbitrary or don't quite scan... highlighted in the text. Segments that are a bit awkward in scan or grammar are underlined: <blockquote> The archaic word <em>albeit</em> Does not rhyme with <em>eight</em> — you <em>see it</em> </blockquote> A few segments that feel random are left out altogether : <blockquote> Had this <em>invalid invalid,</em> Worthless documents? How <em>pallid</em>, How <em>uncouth</em> he, <em>couchant</em>, looked, When for <em>Portsmouth</em> I had booked! Wait! I've got it: Anthony Lighten your <strong>anxiety</strong>. Glad you like it, Nick! I’ve cleaned this latest version up a bit, removing some of the parts that few people would know how to pronounce. There are still a few parts that feel arbitrary or don’t quite scan… highlighted in the text.

Segments that are a bit awkward in scan or grammar are underlined:

The archaic word albeit
Does not rhyme with eight — you see it

A few segments that feel random are left out altogether :

Had this invalid invalid,
Worthless documents? How pallid,
How uncouth he, couchant, looked,
When for Portsmouth I had booked!

Wait! I’ve got it: Anthony
Lighten your anxiety.

]]> By: Nick Edelstein http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/sj/concordant-chaos/comment-page-1/#comment-58585 Nick Edelstein Sun, 13 Jun 2010 08:45:44 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/metasj/concordant-chaos/#comment-58585 Very cool. Judging by the lack of comments, I can only deduce that most readers were stupefied by this brilliant mastery of wordsmithing! Very cool. Judging by the lack of comments, I can only deduce that most readers were stupefied by this brilliant mastery of wordsmithing!

]]> By: » Linguistic diversions SJ’s Longest Now http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/sj/concordant-chaos/comment-page-1/#comment-54358 » Linguistic diversions SJ’s Longest Now Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:14:25 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/metasj/concordant-chaos/#comment-54358 [...] long now — something along the lines of my older post on the perils of English pronunciation, Concordant Chaos.  If you have a few moments, both are worth a read.  See also the Language Log for ling. Share [...] [...] long now — something along the lines of my older post on the perils of English pronunciation, Concordant Chaos.  If you have a few moments, both are worth a read.  See also the Language Log for ling. Share [...]

]]> By: metasj http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/sj/concordant-chaos/comment-page-1/#comment-37641 metasj Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:35:13 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/metasj/concordant-chaos/#comment-37641 Now I have to learn your language to find out how you have your khipu pronouncing some of the bolded sections herein. Now I have to learn your language to find out how you have your khipu pronouncing some of the bolded sections herein.

]]> By: C. Scott Ananian http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/sj/concordant-chaos/comment-page-1/#comment-37635 C. Scott Ananian Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:03:54 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/metasj/concordant-chaos/#comment-37635 When I was studying khipu, I invented a khipu-writing system based on phonetic English, to show that it is indeed possible to encode language in a form which looks similar to the khipu examples which have survived in museums. Since the text was written in (encoded) phonetic English, the text I chose to encode was, naturally: this poem. The generated khipu is at <a href="http://cscott.net/CSA107A.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://cscott.net/CSA107A.pdf</a>... When I was studying khipu, I invented a khipu-writing system based on phonetic English, to show that it is indeed possible to encode language in a form which looks similar to the khipu examples which have survived in museums. Since the text was written in (encoded) phonetic English, the text I chose to encode was, naturally: this poem. The generated khipu is at http://cscott.net/CSA107A.pdf…

]]> By: Cinnamon http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/sj/concordant-chaos/comment-page-1/#comment-32766 Cinnamon Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:33:34 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/metasj/concordant-chaos/#comment-32766 Wow! That's crazy cool. Wow! That’s crazy cool.

]]> By: David Kendall http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/sj/concordant-chaos/comment-page-1/#comment-32721 David Kendall Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:15:40 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/metasj/concordant-chaos/#comment-32721 This is brilliant! Bennet Cerf, Edward Lear, and Gilbert (of G&S) would be proud of you! This is brilliant! Bennet Cerf, Edward Lear, and Gilbert (of G&S)
would be proud of you!

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