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Re: Someone looking for numbers

From:Stone Gordonssen <stonegordonssen@...>
Date:Friday, June 27, 2003, 0:07
>This much is clear: Degaspregos was an a posteriori language >based on reconstructed roots of Proto-Indo-European, and the >many Indo-Europeans were animists of some sort.
Well, animists plus variations on polytheistic religions.
> > I, personally, write rituals in English, Welsh, Latin, ancient Greek & > > Egyptian, but I can't reason why I'd pick someone else's conlang for >such. > >Me neither, other than the normal characteristic of mystery >religions: obscurantist rituals make the lay people feel >it's "deep" in some way.
Hmm, well, as a member of a "mystery' religion, I never felt not knowing what I was saying added anything to a ritual. I do use languages to make what rituals I do "special" or "scared" for myself, but then I know what I'm saying. _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail