Linguistics Archives - Thea van Diepen

Wanna Test the Pronunciation Guide for Hunter and Prey?

Thea van Diepen

Would you be interested in testing the pronunciation guide? If so, continue. If not and you just want to know what I sound like as a hell demon, skip to the bottom. The Tragic Backstory I’m thinking of putting a “how to pronounce things” into Hunter and Prey because, guys, the names. All of the names. Also because people keep pronouncing Adren’s name wrong and I didn’t expect that (I mean, I do now, but hindsight’s 20/20). The nice thing

Grown-Ups Are No Longer Superheroes

Thea van Diepen

“Because at that time it seemed to me that adults had a sort of almighty power, I kept telling myself that when I was grown up I would certainly destroy this evil.” ~Ludwik Zamenhof Sometimes, you come across a quote that doesn’t just tug at your heartstrings. It takes up residence, becoming a player of their melody. Ludwik Zamenhof, known for his creation of the language Esperanto, grew up witnessing strife between people who spoke different languages. Understandably, he hated

Video: So, You Wanna Make a Language?

Thea van Diepen

On May 29th of last year, I did a webinar/workshop/thing on making up languages. It went really well, and it got recorded, which means I can share it with you all right here. I didn’t put it up right away, though, because Google wanted my cell number before it would let me put up a video that was longer than 15 minutes onto Youtube, and I wanted to find an alternative to doing that. Since I originally did the event