On Mon, 7 May 2001, Raymond Brown wrote:
>At 6:20 pm -0400 6/5/01, Padraic Brown wrote:
>[snip]
>>If it's just an artlang that you think might make a cool auxlang too;
>>either make clear that the idea is not serious (Europanto) or just
>>keep it in pectore.
>
>Interestingly, altho Europanto started out as a huge joke, there is now a
>serious vein to it.
Really?
>It seems that there has been some use of Europanto for
>more serious intra-European communication; there are signs that Europanto
>could be developing a more stable form as more people use it and that this
>is a far more likely way for an artificial IAL to _evolve_ than the
>traditional blue-print of an individual (or, occassionally, committee).
Interesting. I haven't looked at it in about a year or even
more. Last I knew it was just that - a joke.
Padraic.
>Viva Europanto! :-)