> [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of Philip Newton
> I predict that one or more of the following will happen:
>
> 1) the project starts off with a respectable number of
participants,
> 90% of whom lost interest, time, and/or motivation after a couple
of
> weeks, so that the remaining 10% have essentially unlimited
control
> over the language, and it's no longer so cooperative a language --
not
> a community language, but an in-group or clique language
> 2) one or more vociferous, obnoxious, obstreperous, and/or
> thick-headed people will push through their preferences by fiat,
and
> others will put up with them to save themselves the headache of
> arguing over the same point yet another time. Again, the language
is
> disproportionately influenced by few rather than many.
>
> Still, good luck with your idealism! Perhaps I'm too pessimistic.
I predict that you're not too far off. Nevertheless these projects
can be fun while they last. Admittedly I lost interest in Kalusa
once the novelty wore off, but it was still somewhat entertaining up
until that point. I won't mind putting my 2c into something like
this but my input will mainly be influenced by a mix of features
from my own projects.