"mangalang" (tro Re: Conculture)

en memo tro datii 2003:01:19 11.18.51 PM, Nik Taylor (yonjuuni@EARTHLINK.NET)
graffii:

>J Y S Czhang wrote:
>>     A mangalang is science-fiction inspired future, "deviant" English or
>> polyglot conIAL or a pidgin, creole or mixed language with much sly,
>> "lingua-mangling" word-play and plenty of invented metaphors and slang.
>
>Or maybe it's a language invented for a manga.  :-P
    I knew I forgot something LOL... (sheesh! talk about an "oversight").

    (Thanx, Christophe, for your "voting" for _mangalang_ being added to the
ConLang terms list...  :)


en memo tro dati 2003:01:20 10.39.33 AM, ijzeren_jan@YAHOO.CO.UK graffii:

>Why deviant English, and not, for example, deviant Dutch or French?
Personally,
>I absolutely wouldn't mind Dutch to become GomiLegized every once in a
>while...
    OOPS! another "oversight" and a reaaaally English-centric one at that...
(and this coming from one who admires the GomiLegized-like Dutch creole
Neggerhollands).

>>     My conlang GomiLego is a mangalang :)))
>
>Now that's for sure!
    :)

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