Re: OT: auxlangers vs. artlangers (was OT: lingua fracas)

Tristan McLeay wrote:


> Jörg Rhiemeier wrote:
>
> >I ... am mildly sceptical about the whole idea of an artificial
> >international auxiliary language; ...
>
> Does anyone know if discussing English (Spanish, etc.) as an IAL be
> off-topic on AUXLANG? (Not that I intend to do it, just wondering.)
They would not consider it off-topic, but I know a couple of people that
would become viceral against if the proposed IAL would be English.

(Most just would just kindly say that natural languages are just not good
inter-languages)

-- Carlos Th
   who has had some fun lately in auxlang-L, and think that most people
there are cool people you can have a decent discution with, but that you
will never miss a couple of flamers and suceptibilities.
  (and, of course, the fun is driving at the edge of such flames)