Re: USAGE: (Mis)Naming a Language

--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Simon Richard Clarkstone
<s.r.clarkstone@D...> wrote:

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
s.r.cl*rkst*n*@durham.ac.uk / s*m*n_cl*rkst*n*@hotmail.com
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Hot dang!  I've finally been published.  I googled for "senyecan" and
there it was: 4 hits!  All having to do with these conlang group.
Can international acclaim be far behind!

Charlie