On Lapine (and I don't mean Warren)

[tamaranth]

Reading this page on Lapine makes me want to reread Watership Down, which was my very favourite book when I was about ten and which I don't think I have read since my teens.

From the Langmaker main page:
"Lapine, the language [Adams] sketches for his rabbits, is arguably the best naming language ever created, and is a minimalist virtuoso performance, a haiku of a language compared to the sonnet of Sindarin. It's amazing how much can be accomplished with so little (56 words!)."

Comments

[triciasullivan.livejournal.com]

Really? Do elaborate!

The only ones I can properly remember are Rowsby Woof and the Fairy Wogdog, and also the one where he wears burdock leaves for ears...actually can't remember that one too well either. Frightening how it all goes...oh and what was the one where Rabscuttle goes swimming and sings to the moon??

I'm going to have to reread bigtime.

[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

I will also have to reread bigtime to refresh memories! It may just have been the whole 'trickster' thing.

On the other hand, Google is my friend:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=El-ahrairah+odysseus