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Re: a 12th century conlang

From:Irina Rempt <ira@...>
Date:Thursday, March 25, 1999, 9:25
On Wed, 24 Mar 1999, Herman Miller wrote:

> >"Every imaginary language is a _bricolage_." > > 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 ira@rempt.xs4all.nl (mailing list address) irina@rempt.xs4all.nl (myself) http://www.xs4all.nl/~bsarempt/irina/frontpage.html (English) http://www.xs4all.nl/~bsarempt/irina/backpage.html (Nederlands)