Re: asian hoaxlang

On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Jim Grossmann wrote:

> Hi, all,
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>     I came in late.    What's a "hoaxlang?"
A kind of conlang whose intent is a joke.  Europanto is a current and
excellent example: parley vu any Europanto? Il es la lingua franca di
United Nations interpreters, e que se puede faccionee de partes from
different lenguas.  I read the Europanto site a while back, maybe a year
ago, and it seems to have been something of a joke, amongst UN
interpreters.

Since a hoax can also mean something that is fake but is intended to be
taken for real (not a joke), it could be nothing more than a well thought
out conlang, say based on 12th century Chinese, some proclamatory texts of
which are skillfully carved on a piece of bronze, artificially aged and
secreted somewhere along a remote part of California.  Hey presto! Proof
that the Chinese got here before Columbus!

Several similar "Viking" stones have been "discovered" along the Great
Lakes region, and to my knowledge have been debunked.  Some would apply
hoaxlang status to Joe Smith's gold plates, etc.

Padraic.

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> >tired of bungling talit
> >i am currently making an interrational
> >asian hoaxlang from the tunu vocabulary.
> >the grammar is indonesian-like
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> >use of an accusative "it" on transitive verbs
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> >http://members.aol.com/manishtusu/newtunu.html
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