Re: A plea

On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 12:07:10PM -0400, Vasiliy Chernov wrote:
[snip]
> 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