Re: Auxlangs here (was: Tedious etc.)

On Sun, 6 May 2001 13:55:28 -0400, John Cowan <cowan@...>
wrote:

>Raymond Brown scripsit:
>
>> ....and can't we keep auxlangs where they belong?  I mean, there was a
>> reason for setting up a separate Auxlang list.
>
>*defensively*
>
>I only brought up my auxlang because 1) I had actually begun to think
>about it and 2) I *only* mean to discuss its technical details here.
>
>In fact, JIAL is best classified as an art-auxlang, that is, my
>personal vision of what an auxlang might look like, in the same
>sense that Brithenig is Andrew's vision of what a Welsh-substrate
>Romance language might look like.
>
>I have *no* intention of getting involved in actually trying to
>push JIAL as a Primary World IAL.  Life is too short.
Hear hear! :)

Funny that Raymond Brown should have said that; I didn't notice. Perhaps
his words lack context; usually, he's defended the theoretical discussion
of auxlangs here. Anyway, my auxlang designs are of the same nature as
yours; I prefer to call it artlanging, because my intentions are simply
personal pleasure and intellectual exercise. Auxlang design just happens to
be such a wonderfully challenging subject, which is why I'm attracted to it.

Auxlang power-politics and campaigning are intolerable and should be well
kept out of this otherwise highly productive list. I'm sure we all agree :)

Regards,
Óskar

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