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Re: A perfect day for introducing myself

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Thursday, January 27, 2000, 17:58
Vasiliy Chernov wrote:

> All this began when, still a schoolboy, I realized that English has a > fixed word order and fails to distinguish verbal aspects. I found this > so inconvenient that I immediately reformed it (by introducing > declinable articles and profoundly reforming the tense system).
I wonder how many conlangers have discovered the subject by attempting to reform another language to bring it closer to their own.
> Well, it's difficult to stop speaking of myself... But I never promise > I won't be a bore. So please, bear with me :)
As members of this list, it is our privilege to bore, and our duty to suffer being bored, on occasion. -- Schlingt dreifach einen Kreis vom dies! || John Cowan <jcowan@...> Schliesst euer Aug vor heiliger Schau, || http://www.reutershealth.com Denn er genoss vom Honig-Tau, || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan Und trank die Milch vom Paradies. -- Coleridge (tr. Politzer)