Re: "A Million Words and Counting" - New Book

On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 4:55 PM, Jim Henry <jimhenry1973@...> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 4:17 PM, Elliott Lash <erelion12@...> wrote:
>
>> "A Million Words and Counting"
>>
>> There is a google books version. Interestingly and somewhat annoyingly, my
>> language Silindion, is listed as one of the languages 'heavily influenced by'
>> or 'based upon' Latin. While I have said on some websites in the
>
> Besides that I count three errors or egregious
> oversimplifications in the three paragraphs about
> Toki Pona, Esperanto and Ido.
And looking closer at the list, I see he lists
Teonaht and Tatari Faran as also basd on
Latin!   If Mr. Payack said the sun had risen
this morning, I would look out the window
to make sure.

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Jim Henry
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