John Blackham's guest appearances

John Blackham

Lit Service

Jeff Zentner

Dan Wells

Misa Sugiura

Kelly Barnhill

V.E. SCHWAB

Marissa Meyer

ERIC SMITH

Charlie Holmberg

Kiersten White

Tricia Levenseller

Aminah Mae Safi

Emily Duncan

Brian Lee

Karen M. McManus

Holly Black

OwlTail

John Blackham joins Caitlin in talking about constructed languages authors create for their sci-fi and fantasy worlds. Resources and other tidbits John mentions: Caillou clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiSLxeszVCo&amp;ab_channel=tovaeditshttps://www.cnn.com/2021/07/17/health/sunscreen-recall-cancer-wellness/index.html Instant conlang generator: https://gwistix.github.io/ling/conlanger Mark Rosenfelder’s Language Construction Kit: https://www.zompist.com/kit.html   For fun, some of John’s conlang, The Lord’s Prayer in Hellish-Latin creole: Bader noṣerum, qui eḷwet in ǧevu Saṇificátus nomeus tuí foṣet. Venítus foṣet regḷeṛu tuí. Beṇorwium tuí facétus foṣet in teṛa et quoque in ǧevu. Panum nóbís dá xadix lebiére pro ǧuic dié Et iteredá nóbís debití noṣerum et iteredámus iḷós que debitátí nóbís sunet. Et non lemá nós in deṇaší, autem liberá nós ex malí. Audio link, if you’d like to hear it spoken.

John Blackham joins Caitlin in talking about constructed languages authors create for their sci-fi and fantasy worlds. Resources and other tidbits John mentions: Caillou clip: <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/17/health/sunscreen-recall-cancer-wellness/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiSLxeszVCo&amp;ab_channel=tovaeditshttps://www.cnn.com/2021/07/17/health/sunscreen-recall-cancer-wellness/index.html</a> Instant conlang generator: <a href="https://gwistix.github.io/ling/conlanger?fbclid=IwAR1E2xfkeiQnqIPqCBDUq82CpwhdUJP7RbUG5NBeA4Q8objkwWWO4u94ArM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://gwistix.github.io/ling/conlanger</a> Mark Rosenfelder’s Language Construction Kit: <a href="https://www.zompist.com/kit.html?fbclid=IwAR2oaDAr0oHA73DE8FZZiVcNPsLiKh-pcfjcKKtw_5Z3YDzbp4HA1B6ETvk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.zompist.com/kit.html</a> For fun, some of John’s conlang, The Lord’s Prayer in Hellish-Latin creole: Bader noṣerum, qui eḷwet in ǧevu Saṇificátus nomeus tuí foṣet. Venítus foṣet regḷeṛu tuí. Beṇorwium tuí facétus foṣet in teṛa et quoque in ǧevu. Panum nóbís dá xadix lebiére pro ǧuic dié Et iteredá nóbís debití noṣerum et iteredámus iḷós que debitátí nóbís sunet. Et non lemá nós in deṇaší, autem liberá nós ex malí. <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uTdU81DI46KOL4VDa-SLEqX9f5_Q7Ls0/view?fbclid=IwAR2GufrLZ3OEo9wM8OJGRL3zttwxQKWDfqMp7CdZ6zLYU3zf1mBgNBiz51M" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Audio link</a>, if you’d like to hear it spoken.

Bonus Episode: Conlang with John Blackham