On Monday, October 27, 2003, at 07:13 , John Cowan wrote:
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> I meant to mention last time the interesting contrast between the
> post-Vatican-II formulations of the Catechism and the various
> rapprochement documents, and the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia
> (
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen), which does not scruple to talk of
> schismatics and heretics, "conversion to the Catholic Faith", and other
> triumphalist language. It's good to see this change.
>> Conlangs can do this very neatly (conlangs aspiring to be auxlangs IMO
>> ought to do this neatly - but maybe that argument should be left for 'tha
>> other list' :)
>
> I don't think that in the year 2003 that is a particularly controversial
> conclusion, at least for newly created auxlangs.
One would certainly hope not - but nothing in Auxland surprises me :)
> Existing auxlangs may of course and do have other conventions.
Indeed.
Ray
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