Re: Which auxlangs? (was Re: I won't start a flame war)

Quoth Charles:
> Don Blaheta wrote:
> > Everyone has their favourite.  Mine's Novial.  But I don't think it
> > should necessarily go on the shirt.  Here's my semi-objective
> > reasoning for the choices I gave:
>
> The point is that it is too political an issue to decide that way.
Is there any better way to decide it?

> > It would, however, be a fine idea to replace Interlingua with a
> > romance-based auxlang created by a list member... I don't remember
> > if Ekspreso meets the romance-based criterion, though.  (Not that it
> > matters.  If Jay created it, it's fair game for the shirt
> > *regardless* of any other concerns.)
>
> Exactly. And it looks pretty much like the other euroclones, though
> slightly more pidginish.
Having seen Jay's post of it, I'd be perfectly happy with that as our
romance auxlang on the T-shirt---it's perfect, because it's fairly
representative of its genre, *and* it's designed by a list member to
boot. :)

> I really do not want Interlingua advertised at the expense of
> Occidental.  Nor Esperanto. But if Glosa and OCC and Ido can be
> included, I think that's all the living auxlangs worth worrying about.
I understand not liking Esperanto, but the fact remains that it would
be probably the #1 most recognisable thing on the t-shirt, absent any
natlangs (and as I said, I think it's a good idea for the natlangs to
be absent).  What's your beef with having Eo on the shirt, anyway?

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