Re: a 12th century conlang
| From: | Irina Rempt <ira@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, March 25, 1999, 9:25 |
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On Wed, 24 Mar 1999, Herman Miller wrote:
> >"Every imaginary language is a _bricolage_."
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> Hmm, I can't find that word in my French dictionary, which probably means I
> need a better one. What does he mean by "bricolage"?
My French dictionary is a very old French-Dutch one and it confirms
what I already thought: literally "do-it-yourself" (Boudewijn says
the very word "bricolage" is on French do-it-yourself shops) but he
probably means it in a derogatory sense, "pottering, amateur work".
Irina
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