J.Parkhurst

@j-parkhurst HELLO and welcome! 😀

Yeah, same. I have tech week for a play next week, but after that I should be mostly free. You can bet I’m still worldbuilding in my head, though! (See profile for premise of current story idea.)

Really looking forward to summer….

Hiii, everyone. Looks like we’re guild-roomies. And let me just say, I’m tickled pink to be in a guild with some of my favorite and soon-to-be favorite people. Let the writing epicness commence.

@daeus-lamb @kate @elizabeth @r-m-archer @lady-iliara @cindy @j-parkhurst

@j-parkhurst Ooooh, no, I haven’t. What is it?

@sierraret Thank you! And yesss, it really is. *sips chai tea*

@scribbles Good. Neeeeever pat a snake. Or snake will pat your hand with its lovely teeth.

Wooooah. People have emu farms over there? We don’t even have many over here… *hand over heart* Maybe Americans are more Aussie than us…[Read more]

Copying everyone I tagged before.

This is to let you know that the guilds are launching this Wednesday!!!

If you haven’t signed up yet, do so now so you don’t get left…[Read more]

@j-parkhurst For verbs, all of them have suffixes but certain factors will require an additional prefix.

@j-parkhurst Well, the sentence structure just follows English. The only thing really unique about it is the nouns and verbs.

There are five different classes of nouns and each noun belongs to one class. Each class represents one of the four fantasy races + one that represents the evil monsters and such. Basically, nouns belong to a class because…[Read more]

@j-parkhurst Thanks for the words of warning. I shall beware. 😛

And wow, a script? That sounds so cool!

@j-parkhurst Yes, English grammar is my structure; I don’t really have any rules for which language I use, but I try not to use obvious counterparts (for example, when the French word is quite close to the English word). It’s more whatever sounds aesthetically right to me.

If I planned to use this language a lot I would probably set up some mor…[Read more]

@j-parkhurst Me! Me! I’m inventing a language that’s a strange mix of French, Irish Gaelic, and English for a people I call the Dranga. It’s not really a coordinated effort, though—more like transmogrifying an English sentence. For example:

“Mi togannar a chec muid.”

which means “I will take you to our headquarters/…[Read more]

@j-parkhurst I wouldn’t really call myself a Conlanger, but I have invented a very basic functioning grammar for one language. I think it would be fun to go more in-depth with language creation, though I’m a little intimidated by it.

If you haven’t signed up for a guild yet but want to, do so now. Guilds will be opening in just a couple…[Read more]

@j-parkhurst 😀 Epicness. I like watching SCA reenactments, especially the fighting, although I’ve only seen one once.

I, too, am left handed 😀 I think @elizabeth and I were the only ones before we met you… nice to have here 🙂

@j-parkhurst I’ve heard from people who know Hebrew that it’s a really fascinating language, but only received a couple week introduction to the language in high school. I’d love to study it more at some point.

@j-parkhurst I started off by myself with just using the texts themselves, but at school we use Ardalambion. Verbs are officially annoying. And if you want to come to rural Australia then go for it! xP

@mariposa *gasps* Whaaat? People are like that??? But that’s still cool. *nodnod*

@j-parkhurst Well…I wouldn’t say…that is, I can’t really read hardly any Hebrew, and I have no idea how to use the little “dots” that show up around the different letters. I’m using Duolingo, and I think I’ve only gotten through three lessons.

I am familiar though with more of the transliterated words from Bible reading and such, like you sai…[Read more]

Hello @j-parkhurst! Wow! It’s really cool that you like Hebrew! I just started learning it recently. But my vocabulary is limited.

אני אוהב הספר

(A rough approximation of what I wanted to say, since I have no idea how to use plurals yet. 😄)

@j-parkhurst Oh wow, my favorite.  Um… Duke of Perth?  Or Jefferson and Liberty (not strictly English, but way fun).  You dance?

@elizabeth Computer Science until they kick me out.  😛

@overcomer Licking the chocolate coating off does mess with the magic.  Unfortunately, it’s a rather serious insult in the world of hermit-magicians, so I’m…[Read more]

@brandon-miller Yeah, it is quite a few! Erm, I’m currently doing Eyes of the Future for Camp NaNo, so, probably that one at the moment. *pats all of the other ones*

@mariposa Hahah, well that’s a good dinosaur. *nodnod* I approve. xP Favorite soundtrack? Oooooh… there’s so many… Probably the Kaladin Soundtrack by the Black Piper. I mean, who…[Read more]

@j-parkhurst Hey, welcome!

Do you by chance write historical fiction then? Just asking because most people I know write fantasy and while I’m even trying it out myself, it’s kinda refreshing to see someone trying something else. 😀

What led you to teaching? Do you like it?

Hey @j-parkhurst; welcome to the forums! I had to comment when I saw you were a teacher; I’ve been teaching high school English at a classical charter school for the past year. Got a great respect for those of you in elementary school; I only had to teach elementary once as a student teacher while in college, and that was harder to do than any of…[Read more]