Re: NPR interview

Irina Rempt wrote:

> > The comparisons with model shipbuilding and crossword puzzling, for
> > example, were quite apt.
>
> For some values of conlanging, yes. Some of us don't set out to make
> a "miniature", but something more like a glimpse of something
> full-size.
I'm not sure I understand the distinction.  I (and the people in the NPR
piece) meant "model" figuratively--a clever simulacrum, intricately
detailed, which resembles the real thing in many important ways but is not
(or cannot) be used the way the real thing is.

Matt.