Am 11/03 20:11 Jay Bowks yscrifef:
> Hey, I've been on Conlang for years. And I've done my best to
> support the conlang list.
>
Yes you have. It does not mean that your missives have been unaminously
accepted, but you have been an active participant on this list for a
long time.
> Cool! But I maintain that certain auxlangs have an
> inarguable artlang quality about them...
> Solresol cant be denied... who of us would
> ever come up with such... brilliant I say!
>
> Volapuk is neat stuff when it comes to its
> grammar... have you ever looked it up on the web...
>
> Esperanto's hatted letters are just as pretty
> as any runes, I feel, well maybe NOT, but close :-)
>
If it came to a vote I would also support the inclusion of these
historic conlangs.
> Shame, a shame because we would deny the
> history of conlanging... Tolkien should also have
> a voice, won't you agree?
>
Yes, I would agree and I find this argument consistant.
> P.S.
> 1 "I won't start a flame war"
> 2 "I won't start a flame war"
> 3 "I won't start a flame war"
> 4 "I won't start a flame war"
> 5 "I won't start a flame war"
> 6 " I won't start a flame etc..........
>
Didn't Irina write it out about five times and then wrote "repeat one
hundred times"? That would mean writing in total 500 times. Maybe we
should share it around the list:) Though that would be a waste of
bandwidth!
- andrew.
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