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Re: What to Call Non-Conlangers

From:Ivan Baines <kinetic_wab@...>
Date:Friday, March 4, 2005, 20:25
Stephen Mulraney wrote:

> Your email address suggests you're in the UK (and I think tiscali > isn't in NI, so I can probably conclude you're outside of Ireland);
Yep. Cumbria in NW England.
> But I wonder does "langer" have the same meaning over there as it > does for us (in Ireland)? Not that I can adequately describe what > it means, apart from saying that it doesn't have anything to do > with languages. Damn, now I've started to see "langer" in words like > "conlanger" and "nonlanger", which previously appeared innocent.
Oops, sorry! No, it doesn't have any meaning where I'm from, as far as I know. Should I dare ask what it means to you? :-) IB.

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Stephen Mulraney <ataltanie@...>