Re: OT: babel and english

On Fri, 17 Aug 2001, Samuel Rivier wrote:

> Uk has the additional feature of distilling
> the purest essence of the IAL, that being stupidity, into its most
> concentrated form.
On the contrary - I don't think of auxlangs as 'stupid' in the slightest.  It's
a noble pursuit, and as one who can rarely leave well-enough alone when there's
even a slight improvement to be made, I can appreciate it.  I have noticed that
the subject draws considerably more vitriol than conlangs; I would guess that
that is because compared to conlangs, which can be artistic ventures, auxlangs
have a more concrete and theoretically 'perfect' goal in mind of universal
communication, therefore the aim is more scientific.  Alas, the features of such
a theoretically 'perfect' language are still very open to debate.

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