Re: a 12th century conlang

On Fri, 19 Mar 1999, sidonian wrote:

> I hope our fellow listers will excuse the reference to Laadan as the *only*
> other language constructed by a woman.  This is obviously very untrue.
She probably means "by a woman famous enough to get publicity or
arrogant enough to seek it". Also, Sally and I and the other women on
the list don't make a language to change the world with (as far as
I'm aware of) which is certainly Elgin's aim. I don't know about
Hildegard; probably it was another of her undertakings to know
everything about the world.

   Irina

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