Re: CHAT: t-shirt

> 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
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