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Re: the Maligned Art

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Monday, November 9, 1998, 15:50
Nik Taylor wrote:

> Conlangs, on the other hand, are autocratic affairs, what I > declare to be Correct in my lang *is* correct, who can go against me?
Well, some are and some aren't. The history of Lojban is the history of the overthrow of an autocracy, or perhaps a series of less and less dominating autocrats. Now there is no autocrat at all: the finalization of Lojban marked the final overthrow. -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org You tollerday donsk? N. You tolkatiff scowegian? Nn. You spigotty anglease? Nnn. You phonio saxo? Nnnn. Clear all so! 'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)