Re: THEORY: Language tech & conlang survival
From: | Roger Mills <rfmilly@...> |
Date: | Wednesday, January 19, 2005, 21:48 |
Ray Brown wrote:
> > But while auxlangers do of course want their languages not merely to
> > survive but to catch on, I do not think that all conlangers,
> > particularly
> > artlangers, necessarily have such desires. ...
> > But it will be interesting to see the replies.
Actually it's rather depressing to think about...I don't expect my conlangs
to "catch on"-- though if I ever write (or ever had written) some of the
stories associated with them, who knows.
As for survival, hmmm. Are websites eternal?
Still, "full many a flower blooms unseen..........."
(Does anyone know who said that first?? Sounds a bit like Wordsworth??)
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