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Re: "Kitchen sink conlang" and other such terms

From:Jeffrey Jones <jsjonesmiami@...>
Date:Friday, August 8, 2008, 16:52
On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 09:26:03 -0700, Scotto Hlad <scott.hlad@...>
wrote:

> Further to previous... > is it a conglang wherein the author appears to put every language idea into > it? >S
yes, "everything but the kitchen sink"
>Quoting Jeffrey Jones <jsjonesmiami@...>: > >> >> On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 10:34:11 -0400, Jim Henry <jimhenry1973@...> >> wrote: >> > >> >On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 1:16 AM, Jim Henry <jimhenry1973@...>
wrote:
>> > >> >> 1. -- I Googled the term and got only 5 hits; I'd thought it was more >> >> commonly used than that. The earliest datable uses were from 2006. >> >> I thought I'd seen it used before then. >> > >> >-- >> >Jim Henry >> >http://www.pobox.com/~jimhenry/ >> >> The term "kitchen sink conlang" (or KSC, not to be confused with KFC) >> seems to be used mainly on ZBB; it could have originated there. If so, the >> earliest references are probably long gone. On the other hand, there are a >> lot of pages that aren't googlable. >> >> Jeff >>