Re: Reactions to the secret vice (was: Steg's wonderful sig.)

Jeffrey Henning wrote, in response to Ed Heil:

>>Perhaps in this context Jeffrey Henning's term (which nobody else uses
>>but him, as far as I can tell), "Model Languages," would be useful. :)
>>You seem to have made the same point via metaphor.
>
>Well, in my defense, when I coined the term in 1986 I had never heard of any
>other word for it nor met anyone else who practiced it.
No need to defend yourself.  I don't think it was intended as a criticism.
And anyhow, I've also adopted the term "model language", although I stick
to "conlang" for convenience when speaking/writing to other conlangers.
I also like "fablang", but I doubt if it'd ever catch on.

Matt.