Re: All-verb (was: Look ma, No verbs!)

Dans un courrier dat=E9 du 18/04/99 19:04:42  , Ray a =E9crit :

<< Eh??
 Let's see: 'poncif' ain't English, but in French IIRC it means a
 conventional work, stereotypical and lacking in originality.>>

I was told that any French word could be used in an English sentence to=20
impress people. Ain't it like that anymore ?
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 << 'paroxistic' - I must confex I don't know that in English or French. But =
I
 guess it's not complimentary  ;)    Maybe it's coined from 'paroxysm' -
 'allnoun', 'allverb', 'alladjective' etc. is an unoriginal idea that
 suddenly seizes one like a sudden fit of coughing.  I'll buy that  ;) >>
=20
I knew I had to write a "y", I knew that, oh God, I knew it. Why, oh why=20
didn't I ? Aaargh...

 >but... one must
 >earnestly read each line of each of their web page to realize that.=20
Sometimes
 >I yawn reading a boring foreword - of the "this is my conlang, it's no=20
verbs,
 >can you believe that, I've got 87 cases instead, and I'm going to list the=
m
 >all below, fasten your belt please" kind -, then discover two pages after
 >that the syntax is just incredibly refined and the vocabulary poetic.
=20
 Well, you certainly can't accuse AllNoun of having poetic vocabulary!>>

I wasn't thinking of AllNoun.

 << Whether its syntax is incredibly refined is arguable (but not worth a
 flamewar!!). >>=20

Well, yes, after all I was thinking of AllNoun (another opportunity for=20
flamewarfare).

 <<I was looking at it again yesterday - as far as I can see, it
 ain't all noun. I seriously wonder if indeed a language can have just one
 part of speech.  I rather think not.>>

No way. (I can't figure out very well how to flamewar about that but I think=20
"no way" is a fairly good beginning).
=20
 << >It
 >seems like conlangers are poets who try to rationalize their extasis.
 >Technicians of glossolalia.
=20
 You could well be right  ;)
=20
 Ray. >>

Hey, wait a minute, how are we supposed to flamewar with that kind of=20
consensual behaviour ?

Mathias