Re: A bunch of oxymorons?

On Mon, 17 Sep 2001 13:48:31 +1200 andrew <hobbit@...> writes:
> Recent events have made me wonder about one thing.  We have people
> on
> this list who are atheists, agnostics, various shades of
> Christianity,
> Jews, Baha'is, at least one Buddhist, possibly Daoists, but as far
> as I
> know no conlanger who is openly Muslim or from that community.  I
> wonder
> about this.  Historically there has been one Sufi conlanger that I
> know
> evidence has been found for.  Is there something about Muslim
> conlangers that makes such a description an oxymoron?
> - andrew.
-

I don't see why that would be so... Arab-Islamic culture in the middle
ages was famous for its grammarians, linguists, and poets; conlanging has
got to be in there somewhere too.


-Stephen (Steg)
 "your revolution isn't worth my life"

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