Re: a 12th century conlang

On Wed, 24 Mar 1999, Bryan Maloney wrote:

> On Wed, 24 Mar 1999, Edward Heil wrote:
>
> > of phonetics, what would be an elegant and spiffy grammar...  Or else
> > diving in and making something which if perhaps less clever is from the
> > soul, and not just the brain.
>
> The "brain" is every bit as much a part of "the soul" as any touchy-feely
> stuff might be.
>
> Why defend one method by putting down another?  And if you claim that you
> were not putting down another method, you're a liar, since you did say
> "not just the brain", and the use of "just" in such a context is an
> obvious put-down, implying that a left-brain approach is inherently
> inferior or less complete than a right-brain approach.
Why defend your favorite method by putting down someone who attacks it?
And if you say you weren't putting down someone who attacked it, you're a
liar, because "liar" is an insult.