Re: CHAT: Anyone see the irony?

>  An IAL, by definition, intends to be
> both international (i.e., spoken by people in most countries of the world)
> and auxiliary (spoken by large numbers of regular folk as a normal part of
> international relations).  I will state categorically that I believe that
> _no_ conIAL will _ever_ achieve this goal (short of something unforseeable,
> like the mandate of a world dictator).
To save the world, one must conquer it. Very like Borg, eh?
But like a rescued princess, the world would probably
just get bored and run off with the carpenter again.

> So, in my opinion, no conIAL will ever
> meet its design goal. All it can hope for is a larger or smaller
> community of interested users.  This is precisely the situation with artlangs,
> too (assuming an artlanger even wants a community of users).
It is fun to steal stuff from the other conlangs.
So words and features tend to spread like memes.
Where is that vector tense guy, anyway ...

> I'm 45, so measure me for my shroud!
Same here.