Re: USAGE: (Mis)Naming a Language

David Peterson wrote:
> So, my question: Has something similar happened to anyone
> else?  And, do you think I should change the name of the
> language?  Would you, in this situation?  Also, what if someone
> created a language with a name like Teonaht, not knowing
> that one already existed, and (with no disrespect to this
> imaginary person) was far better?
There is a simple method to avoid this in _many_ cases: use Google.  To
search, it must build an index containing almost every word on the web,
and it even has a spelling checker (for those close matches).  If you
are subscribed to a lingustic journal, you may be able to access their
index of articles/papers on their website, though the text of the papers
will not be available to the general public.
Specialised language indexes exist also, though the only one I know is
at LangMaker.com, and only searches their site.
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Simon Richard Clarkstone
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