Re: Language in use

On Wednesday, November 17, 2004, at 04:40 , Thomas Leigh wrote:

>  Yann scriveva:
>> Do any of you know conlangs that are in
>> use by more than, say, three
>> people besides klingon and esperanto?
[snip]

>  There was something of an Occidental revival in the 90s, mostly due to
>  one man in Arizona or someplace out that direction; I'm afraid I'm
>  blanking out on his name at the moment. He had collected a lot of
>  Occidental publications and was actively promoting the language,
> however
I think the man you have in mind is Bob Petrie, the same guy as the one
who is promoting Speedwords (or Rap Lin Rie as he has nicknamed it). He
reckoned IIRC that Occidental was readily understood by anyone familiar
with one or more European languages and that, therefore, it was an ideal
medium by which to bring Speedwords to the attention of an international
audience. He certainly had pages on the Internet written in Occidental in
order to promote Speedwords. How far anyone else Occidental I do not know.

>  he drew some flak from the general IAL community
Not exactly a difficult thing to do   :)

> for refusing to "share"
>  Occidental with anyone who did not join his organization and actively
>  promote Occidental over other IALs -- he didn’t want to deal with
>  "dilettantes" (as he wrote on AUXLANG once).
That sounds just like Bob   :)

[snip]
> I've also heard that there are groups of enthusiasts who meet to learn
> and use Quenya and Sindarin, but I don't know any details.
No - I do not know any details either, but I am quite sure there are
groups who use Quenya and Sindarin.

Ray
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