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Re: CHAT: t-shirt

From:The Gray Wizard <dbell@...>
Date:Sunday, September 24, 2000, 14:24
> From: Raymond Brown > > [....] > >> invented/devised by list members. Personally, I think it sad we can't > >> include the "classics" - and even sadder that we shan't then, as was > >> originally intended, have Quenya written in Tengwar & SolReSol > in _music > >> notation_ on the shirt. <deep sigh> > > > >A pity--I wouldn't mind seeing Quenya and SolReSol (have heard of but > >never seen the latter). :-( > > I agree. > > Actually, most auxlangers would probably tolerate SolReSol, even tho that > was intended as an auxlang & achieved moderate success in its day, since > they no longer regard it as a serious rival. > > But if we do include the conlang 'classics' that are known to the > non-conlanging world, then logically Esperanto has to be included. > > There seem to me two possibilities: > (A) We quickly agree on which 'conlang classics' to include > besides our own > conlangs, close that list (i.e. no more argument) and politely tell any > whinging auxlanger that this is a CONLANG T-SHIRT, *not* an > auxlang T-Shirt > - which, of course, they are quite free to design themselves. > (B) We avoid the who damn auxlang issue by having only the conlangs > devised/invented/modelled by members of this list.
Is there no room for a third possibility (an extension of your (B)) that would admit artlang classics like Quenya and Sindarin? David David E. Bell The Gray Wizard dbell@graywizard.net www.graywizard.net "Wisdom begins in wonder." - Socrates