Re: my proposals for a philosophical language

From: "Andrew Nowicki" <andrew@...>
Subject: Re: my proposals for a philosophical language


> It is true that 7 letters long Ygyde words lack the
> phonemic diversity of the English language. Some of
> them sound like a staccato. Most of the words of Ygyde
> sentences are 3 letters long or 5 letters long. These
> words sound nice.
They sound nice?  That's a matter of opinion.  And believe me, it varies
significantly between individuals.  Some people really like the sound of
Russian, others French, some Chinese, yet they sound very little like each
other.  Me?  I like the sound of Kyrgyz.

> Your proposal is very similar to Ro and somewhat
> similar to your mother tongue. We can only guess
> why Ro failed. Perhaps it was too arbitrary. Precise
> meaning of a Ro word cannot be guessed because some
> of its letters are arbitrary. Ygyde is better in
> this respect because its compound words are defined
> more precisely. All our arguments about philosophical
> languages are too academic and they matter little in
> the real world. French language is rather popular
> among women because it sounds nice. Ygyde has similar
> quality: coining compound Ygyde words is so much fun
> that it is addictive. If Ygyde ever becomes popular,
> it will be disseminated by conlangers who are addicted
> to making compound words. If you introduce random
> letters into the Ygyde words, you will take all the
> fun out of it. It will become a job for a computer,
> not a conlanger.
I'm not sure if it's that much fun for everybody.  I for one didn't find
coining compound words in Ygyde that much fun.

Try and remember that Ygyde, while fun and useful for you, will not be so
for everyone.

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