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Re: Conlang flag design; comments and proposals

From:Chris Bates <chris.maths_student@...>
Date:Saturday, September 4, 2004, 18:54
I like the Babel tower with star!!! I might change my vote if we ever
get around to voting. Maybe the purple could be black though? :)

>Ijzeren_Jan wrote: > > > >><http://steen.free.fr/ib/flags/conlang4.png> >> >>#4: the star with a simplified Babel tower. Why hasn't anybody >>thought of that? >> >> > >This is my favorite of all the flag proposals so far. In addition to Jan's >interpretation, here's mine: > >The building of Babel represents the striving for divinity through acts of >creativity, which in this story resulted in the first splintering of human >language. The star compass can both represent the goal of heaven and the >fact that, after Babel, humans were spread to the four corners of the world. > > >Ray Brown wrote: > > > >>Well, I've now given you all six variants in correct Latin, so which shall >> >> >we >go for? > > >>My preference is: "Me accusativum praefixo indicaturum" >> >> > >That's my preference as well. > >Hats off to Pete for suggesting a testament to the Unknown Conlanger and >hats off to BPJ for sharing the original passage. > >Best regards, > >Jeffrey > > >