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Re: Conlang labels (wasR: Futurese, Chinese, Hz of NatLangs, etc.)

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Monday, May 13, 2002, 6:26
En réponse à Jeffrey Henning <Jeffrey@...>:

> > It's obvious that engelang didn't catch on as a term -- I see through > Google > only one web site referring to it. I've suggested a few alternatives > and > have particularly liked any of them, but I'll try again: > > funclang -- functional language ("designed for or adapted to a > particular > function or use") >
The main problem with it and the "engelang" is that it breaks the nice rule that consists in adding a three-letter prefix to the "-lang" root, as someone else pointed out. But of course, "englang" looks a bit too much like "England" :)) and your proposal would become "funlang" which doesn't quite bring the same image :)) (though as a term with its guessed meaning "fun-lang" it could be useful :)) ). Then I thought: why not "explang"? "Experimental language" is in my opinion better suited for the intended goal, since to have something adapted to a certain goal you have to experiment on it. Christophe. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr Take your life as a movie: do not let anybody else play the leading role.