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

Don Blaheta wrote:

> > I'd say I dislike your selection of auxlangs.
> 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.

> > Or, use a true conlang-auxlang, Jay's "Ekspreso", to represent all
> > auxlangs.
>
> I'm really not sure what you mean by a "true" conlang-auxlang; all the
> ones I listed are conlang-auxlangs (as opposed to, say, English, Lingua
> Franca, Tok Pisin, or Mandarin).
I meant an auxlang designed by a current CONLANG-lister.
There is a second one, the Limousin-Italian-variant by Matthias.

> 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.

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.