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Re: Language Creation: The International Language Construction Bulletin (working title)

From:J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...>
Date:Monday, May 6, 2002, 22:53
In a message dated 05/06/2002 07.50.14 AM, Jan (ijzeren_jan@YAHOO.CO.UK)
quotes me and writes:

>--- J Y S Czhang wrote: > >> How about simply "Language Creation: Transnational Anthology of >> Constructed Languages" or something nice, short and clear along these >>lines? >> _Anthology_ is more accurate a description of what we conlangers are >> including in this project _and_ it avoids the elitist pretension of
"journal"
>> and the vaguely manifesto-like _vibe_ in the word "bulletin" (::visceral >> shudder of memories related to the Glosa IAL bulletins::) > >Anthology: I like that one.
::bows:: ::grins::
>But, transnational?
ROTFLMAO... *gasp* ...::makes note self that Jan is a sharp one::... just me being a lingua-mangler and wanting something as distant and different from anything even remotely close to IAL (International Auxiliary Language) "vibes." Hanuman Zhang {HANoomaan JAHng} /'hanuma~n dZahN/ ~§~ Sometimes the difference between noise and music is all in your head "I like the fact that listen is an anagram of silent." ~ Alfred Brendel _NADA BRAHMA_= < from Sanskrit > "sound is god[head]"/"god[head] is sound" anavriti shabdat => "Liberation by sound." OM ... Om Tat Sat... Tat Tvam Asi... OM

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