Re: Terminological discussion

Jan van Steenbergen writes:
 >  --- 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?
 >

Hmm.. A little ambiguous, maybe, but definitely the best I've heard.
Yes, I like it.  No more ambiguous than conlang, anyway.

 > > >- 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
 >
 > ===== "You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so
 > unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were
 > fair, and all the terrible things that 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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