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Re: A plea

From:H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...>
Date:Wednesday, September 13, 2000, 19:52
On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 12:07:10PM -0400, Vasiliy Chernov wrote:
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> So, PLEASE, don't forget to correct the *subject* line whenever you feel > your message is drifting from the declared topic! If you wish to preserve > the connection between threads, it's so easy to add a "WAS:"!
Heartily agreed. I was about to insert a rant about some mailers which don't use the In-reply-to: field, and thus confuse my threaded mailer... but on second thoughts, some people are already suffering the fact of having to cut-n-paste messages they reply to from one place to another (which of course, doesn't preserve the In-reply-to: lines), so I'll keep my mouth shut. :-P
> Also, I'd propose a Hierarchy of Topicality, of three levels: > > 1) Conlanging > 2) Natlangs and general linguistics > 3) The rest > > (indeed, subject to amending by everybody)
Hmm... about conculturing? I know it properly belongs to the conculture list, but sometimes conlanging and conculturing are quite tightly intertwined. I propose we include conculturing with (1) as long as it is still related to conlanging.
> PLEASE, be especially careful about changing the *subject* line when > you feel you are jumping from one level to another. In *any* direction!
Good idea. Sometimes an off-topic thread somehow comes back on topic by some miraculous twist of events, and yeah, I haven't thought about changing the subject line just in case people who weren't interested in the thread before can take a second look before reaching for the Delete button.
> I believe this would make CONLANG a still better place!
loo'ri K0'rom3n! (Place of Perfection) loo'ri: locative singular neuter noun, meaning "countryside", "open lands", or just "place". K0'rom3n: conveyant singular of K0'romin, which denotes abstract beauty (sorta like mathematical symmetry or philosophical beauty); hence, "perfection". locative-conveyant construct: in this case, meaning, place which possesses perfection, or place where perfection is present. [Shameless self-plug note: I could've used an originative-conveyant construct instead, but that would mean a place which shows forth perfection, which may not be quite the meaning we want here.] T