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Re: USAGE: WOMYN (was: RE: [CONLANG] Optimum number of symbols,though mostly talking about french now

From:Cheng Zhong Su <suchengzhong@...>
Date:Monday, May 27, 2002, 15:51
 --- And Rosta <a-rosta@...> wrote: > I don't
rightly see how you would tell a purely
> phonological story > about this, but I take your general point about > boundary drawing > and buck passing. I also don't think that the > 'correct' analysis > of morphological irregulars is really a settlable > question, though > I think that we can legitimately ask, as Ray said, > how the > person in the street perceives things. > > --And.
I think the target of an international language is not merely a language that every body know it. It should be a language, with simplest symbols and usages. So the regularity of plural is one of the steps. We can't knowing a language without learning but we can minimize the quantity of learning. Su Cheng Zhong http://travel.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Travel - Plan and book your dream holiday online!