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

Irina Rempt-Drijfhout <ira@...>
>Would it make a difference if this list was called "artlang" not
>"conlang"?
>

No, not really.

>What would you say if it was the auxlang list coming up with the
>T-shirt idea, and one of us artlangers came over and more or less
>demanded for a lot of artlangs to be put in?
>

I'd defend you tood and nail over at the auxlang list my friend Irina.


>We're just a different subset of the conlang community. Please let us
>do our own thing.
Hey, I've been on Conlang for years. And I've done my best to
support the conlang list.

>What void? Have you seen the variety of artlangs already sent in? Are
>they not good enough?
>
They are beautiful, Irina. That is my opinion, I was talking about
quantity not quality.


>I'm not ashamed of making up a language that isn't meant for easy
>international communication
Me neither.

>or to change the world,
Frankly whether an auxlang would ever... I seriously doubt it!
My interest in auxlangs is the same as con/artlangs.

>however much
>trouble people take to make me ashamed either of making it up,
Then shame on those people Irina, keep following your heart!

>or of
>not using it for idealistic purposes. Neither do I feel guilty for
>not wanting auxlangs on an artlang T-shirt.
>
And you're entitled to your opinion, just as I.

>I'd say:
>
>- all proposed artlangs (that's what it's *for*, after all; to show
>off)
>
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 :-)


>- only those auxlangs *sent in by the maker* (I won't be so picky as
>to stipulate that the maker should be on the conlang list). Yes, this
>rules out Esperanto, because Zamenhof can hardly send a mail message
>from the grave.
>
Shame, a shame because we would deny the
history of conlanging... Tolkien should also have
a voice, won't you agree?


Since,
Jay B.

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