Re: I won't start a flame warRe: Conlang T-Shirt

Josh Roth wrote:
>
> In a message dated 11/6/1999 12:03:18 PM, scaves@FRONTIERNET.NET writes:
>
> >Raymond Brown wrote:
> >>
> >> At 7:36 pm -0500 5/11/99, Nik Taylor wrote:
> >> >I don't understand why, if this is a CONLANG T-shirt, a shirt that's
> >> >supposed to represent the list, we're considering putting natural
> >> >languages
> >>
> >> Eh?? I know I've missed most of this thread, but is Nik saying that natural
> >> languages are being put on the Conlang T-shirt?
> >>
> >> As there are quite literally thousands of natural languages, won't the
> >> shirt get a bit oversized?  This can't be serious.
> >
> >I, too, am wondering how this is going to be achieved, Fabian.  After
> >all,
> >there are not only our names and texts, but there are our scripts as
> >well.
> >Shouldn't this be a CONLANG t-shirt?
>
> Our names are going to be on it??
> On natlangs.... Of course we're not putting on thousands of them, but
> shouldn't we have one or several so people actually know what the phrase
> means? Or should they have to ask and have us tell them?
I'm all in favor of having people ask. And they will ask. Just
try posting something to a non-conlang list with a .sig in your
favorite conlang. Or go out wearing a t-shirt with a slogan in a
natlang that isn't well known where you live. Complete strangers
will ask, "What does that say?"

So, I don't mind natlangs, but I wouldn't miss them either.
Then again, I am a little bit of a conlang evangelist. <G> Maybe
other people don't want to have to explain their shirt 5 times a
day.

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