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

From:andrew <hobbit@...>
Date:Thursday, November 4, 1999, 23:58
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. -- Andrew Smith, Intheologus hobbit@earthlight.co.nz "Death is an evil; the gods have so judged it; had it been good, they would die." - Sappho of Lesbos.