Will see what I can do.. Since you asked so nicely, and yes,
sometimes I need to think twice and read it twice before I hit
send.
Even had fun reading some of my posts of late..
Also got to think less in a poetic vein, it can lead to some odd
sentence structure.
Often I forget, to put a comma in the right spot.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eugene Oh" <un.doing@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 10:16 PM
Subject: Re: Spelling reform, oficial languages, reviving old
language for modern usage and other fun.
> It's really hard to understand what you're writing and to
catch your
> drift at times, Michael. I don't mean to insult or offend, but
could
> you please write more coherently?
>
> Eugene
>
> On 5/29/06, Michael Adams <abrigon@...> wrote:
> > Some changes in the base language and how used might need to
> > happen.
> >
> > Write and Right, same word, but different spelling, but
> > pronounced the same?
> >
> > So Enscribe?
> >
> > I do hate to see things like "Perimeter" vs "Edge", but some
> > people just got to get fancy. The joy of the English
language,
> > bastard child of the Germanic/Romance language family..
> >
> > (Romance cause of all the French root words in the
language)..
> >
> > But heh, we expect people to give up Spanish, so they can be
> > "good" Americans, we American English, still is having
problems
> > deciding if it is French with a Germanic Grammer, or German
with
> > a French vocabulary? Grin.. Humor is here for this.
> >
> > But like the argument for Esperanto, why should I give up my
> > Germanic Grammer with French vocabulary language that is
spoken
> > or atleast understood all over the place (for good or worse)
> > when I can exchange it for a Romance language for the most
part
> > called Esperanto?
> >
> > But heh, people are not known for their logic and good
sense..
> >
> > Conlangs are fun to do, and such, but how much change do
they
> > have for more than mind/language experiments? I know would
love
> > to not have to learn some 10 or more different languages get
> > anywhere in the world, glad I am not living in India (what
some
> > 50 official languages, let alone the 200 or so unofficial
but
> > recognized languages and dielects?).
> >
> > Why I conlang, to see how language is done and why and ..
one
> > day have everyone speak mine? Or just understand how hard a
> > language can be to come about or made or adopted by others..
> > Major part of the geo-political scene for sure..
> >
> > Like why do people speak English, some it is cause it is
their
> > native tongue (yes it is mine, just do not always use it how
> > others do), some for economic reasons, some for political
and
> > some as in India just cause its more neutral than some of
the
> > other languages in India that was once used by one or more
of
> > the often warring parties.. A form of Sanskrit like how
Hebrew
> > was done, would be a wierd idea? A ACALANG (academic?) that
> > becomes a conlang sort of, and then becomes a NATLANG? Talk
> > about word making. NATLANG or Natlang? And yes, I am off to
> > sleep soon..
> >
> > Mike
> >