aardvarkism (was Re: Basque & Katzner's Languages of the World

In a message dated 16.11.2001 04:57:00 AM, hmiller@IO.COM writes:

>And there's nothing wrong with having a category with only one member; it
>happens frequently in biology. There's nothing much like an aardvark, so it
>has a whole order all to itself.
    That is so inspirational, Mr. Miller! It contains a lot to think about...
about conlanging ... and everyday living...

    So without anymore ado, I add:

    "No theory can exclude everything that is wrong, poor, or even
detestable, or include everything that is right, good, or beautiful."
 -- Arnold Schoenberg

    _wabi-sabi_ IIRC in Japanese means "perfect imperfection" & regards this
as a extremely high aesthetic value.

    czHANg, panAsianist and world-citizen

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