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

From:Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...>
Date:Friday, May 3, 2002, 9:21
 --- Jan van Steenbergen wrote (in spite of his knowledge that it is a bad habit
to reply to your own posts):

> --- Christophe wrote: > > > Maybe: "an International Bulletin for Language Construction"? (I don't know > > why, but I feel that "for" fits better than "of" here...) > > This, I think, should be left to the idiom of the conlang in question. > In my language, it would definitely be "for", because "of" just wouldn't > sound right. > > > And what is better: "journal" or "bulletin"? I have the feeling that "journal" > > is more pretentious than "bulletin". Am I right? > > I doubt whether the average conlang makes the difference :)
But now I realize that that was not an answer to the question. Next try: Yes, you are right; "Journal" sounds more pretensious than "bulletin", at least to me. Now the next question: is there something wrong with that? "International Bulletin for Language Creation" sound alright to me. Jan ===== "You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe." --- J. Michael Straczynski __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com

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