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From:Ian Maxwell <umlaut@...>
Date:Wednesday, November 27, 2002, 22:56
Peter Clark wrote:
I (and my wife, when she read Elgin's essay) found the underlying theory
deeply flawed and rather offensive to women in general

Seconded! Granted, I'm not exactly in a position to know these things,
but the brief intro to the language that I found gave me the impression
of, "Wow, all this language does is grammaticalize mean-spiritedness, as
far as I can tell. Elgin must not think too much of women."

- Ian Maxwell
--
C'est la vie, c'est la guerre, c'est la pomme de terre.

CONLANGER CODE: CU v1.1 !lm+ cN:R:N:H a+ y n19:1 !B* A+ E--- L+ N1<2 Im
k-- ia@:@ p@ s@ m- o P-- S--- Ingyrri

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