Re: Uusisuom's influences

> >The last thing anyone can call Uusisuom is a 'Euroclone'. In terms of
> >being
> >an international auxiliary language, it has a hell of a lot going for it:
> >beautiful design, inherent simplicity, uniqueness and distinctiveness and
> >complete neutrality.
You can't really satisfy everyone: arguably the phonology of the language is
advantageous to Fennophones which are not exactly a world majority. This
reflects the author's approval of the Finnish aesthetic. But Esperanto, on
the other hand, which has phonemes common to a reasonable amount of *common*
world languages prove difficult to certain ethnic groups. Personally, I feel
that IALs are not really getting anywhere and perhaps a language that is
already spoken by much of the world (hint, hint) should, as is the case
today be used for much global transaction. I bet there are a myriad of IALs
that are not going to ever get off the ground, some of which are very
beautiful languages in themselves. If I were this language's creator I would
have designed it as an artlang/conlang as opposed to an auxlang, because
aesthetically, I think it is quite beautiful, but then again, "de gustibus
non est disputandum". But then I'm not the creator and I can't influence
others very well...

To sum it up, *nothing* can be completely neutral ... except for those
philosophical a priori languages perhaps...but hey, where's the aesthetic
appeal? One part of a language can be easier to understand for a certain
group of people while proving disadvantageous to another.
That's why I design conlangs instead...to appeal to my *own* personal
tastes.

Thus the dilemma of an international auxiliary language. Total
unrecognisability but universal neutrality or ease of learning for certain
groups and the opposite for others?

That's my two cents.

Imperative

"Siamo la coppia piu' bella del mondo
E ci dispiace per gli altri
Che sono tristi e sono tristi
Perche' non sanno piu' cos'e' l'amor!"

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