Re: Terminological discussion

 --- Tim May wrote:

> >- whimlang (sounds too whimsical)
>
> This doesn't sound too bad for a personal language without any very
> serious intention.
It somehow doesn't sound as a compliment if you are identified as a
"whimlanger".

> >- engelang
> Agreed, although I mispronounce it more like /ENgEl{N/ (the vowels
> might be wrong, I'm no good at IPA vowels).  I don't like "engilang"
> either.  "Enjlang" is no better - it's not terribly hard to pronounce,
> and I'd probably get it right, but the spelling doesn't reflect the
> etymology.  "Englang", pronounced /ENgEl{N/, might be better despite
> the phonetic divorce from the etymology, but it looks too much like
> "English Language" (and could be split into "en-glang", a mysterious
> causative verb).  So, sadly, there doesn't appear to be any derivative
> of "engineered language" that I find suitable.
Perhaps "enlang" could save the engineered language?

> >- lablang (my personal favorite, just recently suggested)
Definitely the best, though I'm not sure whether it fully covers its load.
Maybe it would be worth to take "philang" into consideration. I'm aware,
that classifying a language as philosophical is based mainly on the
techniques according to which words are created, but it seems to me, that
this applies to *most* engineered languages, as well.

Jan

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happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great
comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe." --- J.
Michael Straczynski

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