Re: THEORY: irregular conlangs

Sally Caves wrote:
>
> I think the trend in conlanging, and I might be wrong, is
> away from "logical" towards "natural."  Am I right?
> When I conducted the "Lunatic Survey" a year ago, I
> got the sense, too, that the exotic was in more demand
> than the logical.
>
        My personal evolution is just like that. My first attempts were to make
a "logical", or at least regular language, and then I evolved to more
artistic (if not naturalistic) and less regular conlangs, especially now
that I'm on the list and can compare what I do with what is done by
others.

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