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Re: To Christophe (Uusisuom and Esperanto)

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Thursday, April 26, 2001, 16:53
J Matthew Pearson wrote:


> My sense is that the /u/ - /U/ distinction is quite uncommon in the world's > languages.
Although it certainly exists in English, even there it has a very low functional load, and there are many words that vary dialectally.
> Of course, Daniel44 has already expressed a contempt for linguists, so I doubt if > he'll be interested. But others might...
More precisely, he expressed contempt for the linguists *that he had met*, personally or Net-wise I don't know. There are, as we all know well, plenty of linguists who have nothing but contempt for conlanging (on a par the astronomers' view of astrologers), and Alexis Manaster-Ramers and Geoffrey Sampsons are few and far between. -- There is / one art || John Cowan <jcowan@...> no more / no less || http://www.reutershealth.com to do / all things || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan with art- / lessness \\ -- Piet Hein

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