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Re: a 12th century conlang

From:dunn patrick w <tb0pwd1@...>
Date:Thursday, March 25, 1999, 21:15
On Thu, 25 Mar 1999, Irina Rempt wrote:

> 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
*spits on his ivory tower* Feh. --Patrick