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Re: a 12th century conlang

From:Diana Slattery <slattd@...>
Date:Sunday, March 21, 1999, 17:04
Irina Rempt wrote:

> > > Thinking some more about this I realize that making something, > whatever it is and for whatever reason, *always* changes the world: > if I bake a loaf of bread, there's a difference between the world > without it and the world with it. If you make something as complex as > a language, the difference is bigger, even if you didn't set out to > make that difference, and even if the difference doesn't affect much > beyond yourself. > > The world without Brythenig or Teonaht or Valdyan would be a much > poorer place. > > Irina
> agreed. i think its the egotistical starting out with 'i'm going to change the > world' that grates on me. the intentionality involved.
diana
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