Re: USAGE: Fänyläjikyl Inglyx

No, NO, NOOOO!  English is *NOT* a World Language.
English is the *language of several nations around the world*.

Each Country has its own national version of English and dictionaries as
well.
The US, Canada, and Brittain certainly do.  Other countries could choose
to have lexicists record their own dialect, or institute another country'=
s
as
official.

The end result would be no different than Spanish and Portugese.  They ca=
n
understand each other, but do not neccessarly speak each other's language
perfectly.


----- Original Message -----
From: John Cowan <jcowan@...>
To: Multiple recipients of list CONLANG <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Monday, December 06, 1999 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: F=E4nyl=E4jikyl Inglyx


> Roland Hoensch wrote:
>
> > The spelling would have to be derived from the national
> > dictionary.
>
> Which national dictionary?  For that matter, which nation?
> English is a world language.
>
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