Re: "Eng(e)langs" (was: Conlang labels (was: Futurese, Chinese, Hz of NatLangs, etc.) )
| From: | Lars Henrik Mathiesen <thorinn@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, May 13, 2002, 9:50 |
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> Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 22:48:32 -0400
> From: Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
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> How come it's "engelang" and not "englang"? I like the three-letter
> prefix, to be parallel with CONlang, ARTlang, AUXlang, LOGlang, etc.
Well, engineered has /EndZ-/. Englang would tend to get /EN-/ (besides
being visually close to England).
But it puzzles me why it isn't engilang. -nge- occurs with several
different pronunciations --- singer, stronger, angel --- but -ngi- is
much less ambiguous.
All moot if people prefer lablang, however.
Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour NOT marked)
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