Re: [OT, Only Semi-Serious,

At 5:42 pm +0000 11/5/02, Andreas Johansson wrote:
[snip]
>Then, if Futurese or some other ambiguity-free, homonym-free and completely
>regular auxlang
Other?  In over 50 years of looking, I've yet to discover an auxlang which
is ambiguity-free, homonym-free and completely regular.

I don't say this as a criticism of auxlangs per_se, only of extravagant
claims made by _some_ (by no means all) of their authors and/or supporters.
Auxlangs, after all, are the product of us fallible humans.  The more
reasonable authors & proponents of con-IALs merely claim that their
products are easier and/or more regular than most natlangs; and in that, I
will not disagree.

Whether Futurese will fulfill all three criteria remains to be seen, as I
understand it is still in development stage.  Indeed, I'm not aware that
Javier has made such extravagant claims for Futurese.

Ray.

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