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Re: CHAT: t-shirt

From:The Gray Wizard <dbell@...>
Date:Tuesday, September 26, 2000, 19:26
> From: Dan Jones > > Jörg Rhiemeier wrote: > > > 100% agreed. None of them is better known to the general public than > > Esperanto, sure, but it is pretty well known (at least among those who > > take an interest in fantasy and science fiction) that Tolkien invented > > languages and that the Klingon language exists. These three classics > > must not miss! > > Tolkien, yes. Esperanto, maybe. But please, not Klingon, please! > I hate it, > It's nonsensical and hideous. Enough of the rant, here's why I > hate the damn > thing:
[anti-Klingon rant deleted] Oh my! Just as I was about to congratulate us all for having navigated the auxlang perils and apparently coming to a rational conclusion, we get anti-conlang protests. This was not at all expected. Surely we artlangers haven't become that myopic. We don't judge language creations by these criteria here. At least I hope we don't. Nicole, please ignore this ill-considered advice! David