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Sano- 05-04-2008
Update for Moj
Your thoughts, please. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/moj.htm << current New;

eldin raigmore- 05-04-2008

It looks a lot neater, cleaner, more formal, and more standardized now, than I remember it looking before. Perhaps more like a professional scribe wrote it, or someone else writing very carefully (like for a grade in a penmanship class). Is that just because you've been practicing? Or is there some story-internal reason I missed or you haven't yet shared? Or do you not see what I'm talking about (some things really are in the eye of the beholder)? I like the new look. I think what I would like best, would be for both "looks" to be available in your conculture; one a book-hand and professional secretarial hand, the other an ordinary literate person's ordinary medium-careful medium-fast hand.

chicken-pot Wy- 05-05-2008

I see the link to the current, but I don't see anything except blank space after "New;".

Sano- 05-05-2008

It looks a lot neater, cleaner, more formal, and more standardized now, than I remember it looking before. Well, that was the goal, so I'm glad I accomplished it, at least in your eyes. Perhaps more like a professional scribe wrote it, or someone else writing very carefully (like for a grade in a penmanship class). Is that just because you've been practicing? Or is there some story-internal reason I missed or you haven't yet shared? Or do you not see what I'm talking about (some things really are in the eye of the beholder)? Well, I have been practicing, and I created a new template for it as well. I like the new look. I think what I would like best, would be for both "looks" to be available in your conculture; one a book-hand and professional secretarial hand, the other an ordinary literate person's ordinary medium-careful medium-fast hand. Well, with careful contemplation one can see the many styles/modes that Moj can be written in, no need for me to fabricate a half-hatched reason for each style, is there? I see the link to the current, but I don't see anything except blank space after "New;". Perhaps you have my photobucket album adblocked? Other than that, I have no idea...

qanuk- 05-06-2008

It does definitely have a style of its own. I do like it.

chicken-pot Wy- 05-06-2008

OK I see it now. This is really one of the more original conscripts out there. I love the way the bottom image looks like an impressionist's sketch of people in a café having lively discussions around small tables.

eldin raigmore- 05-06-2008

I love the way the bottom image looks like an impressionist's sketch of people in a café having lively discussions around small tables.I think the second-from-rightmost word on the bottom line looks like a young couple with a baby; the father is handing him to the mother because his diapers have just become stinky.

chicken-pot Wy- 05-07-2008

This is fun. (Sano - I hope you don't mind! :D ) (From left to right ...) 1. A couple dances the jump and jive. 2. A guy tries to hide from his old girlfriend at the next table. 3. The guy's ex-girlfriend who pretends she hasn't seen him flaunts her taller and more handsome new boyfriend. 4. A salesman from out of town searches his menu in vain for anything, anything at all that he hasn't had twice this week already. 5. A hearing impaired couple has a heated argument in ASL. 6. A guy sips his fifth glass of pinot noir and slowly comes to the realization that she's not going to show up no matter how long he waits. 7. A guy asks his girlfriend if she would be into a threesome and gets a brisk slap across the chops for an answer. 8. A guy pretends to drop his fork to catch a quick peek at the lady at next table. 9. A lady who really did drop her fork is bent down far too low for a dress like that. 10. Another dancing couple, they're much better than the first ones. 11. A waiter looks over the menu for an elderly gentleman to see if they have anything at all for under $8.00 knowing full well he'll get a lousy tip. 12. A lady tries to decide whether she should admit that she doesn't know what that small brown thing in her salad is and risk being given a condescending smirk by the waiter for asking, or whether she should just push it to the side and leave the rest of her salad. 'Cause it sure looks like it could be a bug. 13. A guy who insisted on being seated at the biggest table even though he came in alone waves at people across the room and talks loudly to himself about how much of a dump this place is. 14. Another perv tries to sneak a peek. 15. A beautiful girl who is dining alone pretends not to notice that her waiter who feigns reading to her from the menu is actually trying to sneak a peek. 16. Another out-of-towner tries to forget that it's been eight days since he saw his wife and two daughters. 17. A couple who unwisely brought along their baby (who obviously is not enjoying himself and who desperately needs a diaper change) argue about which one should wolf down their $30.00 entrée and which one should try to calm the screaming baby. 18. A couple who left their own fussy baby at the sitter's so they could get a break slouch in their seats while silently bathing the couple at the previous table with rays of loathing from their eyes.

Sano- 05-07-2008

Whoa...I've never looked at it like that... I don't really see all of what you seem to, but I'm glad that you're amused.

chicken-pot Wy- 05-08-2008

Sano, it has been suggested that I link to this thread from the zbb. Would you mind if I did? Or would you rather not? Or would you rather do it?

Sano- 05-08-2008

By all means, feel free. However, I don't understand the reluctance to simply come here and join...meh, oh well.

Sano- 05-15-2008

For the sake of comparison, the old version is still maintained here: http://wiki.frath.net/Moj

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