Re: OT: Artlanging is now mainstream

The author of that rant is certainly entitled to his/her opinion, but I'd
lend said opinion more credence if I could see this so-called "superior"
language documented.  Or maybe it is documented and my cursory scan didn't
reveal the link.  Regardless, I could post a blog entry ripping apart any
subject I chose, but if I can't offer something better (as opposed to a
smattering of grab-bag examples), I'm only revealing my own ignorance.
Since I can't see any evidence that this person knows what he or she is
talking about, I find it hard to lend them a sympathetic ear, or even think
too hard on his or her arguments.

Still, this raises an important question:  just how could one judge a
conlang?  Have you list members confronted this question before?  Is such
judgment even worth doing?

Just what are we doing?  Literature?  Fine arts?  Something in between?

Regardless, I bet it'll be a long time before conlanging becomes anywhere
near mainstream :-)

Danny



On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 12:17 AM, Paul Kershaw <ptkershaw@...> wrote:

> ----- Original Message ----
> > From: taliesin the storyteller <taliesin-conlang@...>
> >
> > I occasionally do a deep google on 'conlang' just to see if something
> > new has come along. Today I found:
> >
> >     http://blog.nihilarchitect.net/archives/161/161/
> >
> > Warning, it's both long and ranty and a bit angsty.
>
> A "bit" angsty? It's sheer elitist snobbery, and misplaced at that. The
> thinly veiled "Tolkein is teh gay" at the end speaks very poorly of the
> writer, too.
>
> But why do you proffer that post as evidence that artlanging is mainstream?
> I don't deny that it could be becoming so, but I don't see how some arrogant
> punk screeding about it is evidence. :)
>
> -- Paul
>

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