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Re: What to Call Non-Conlangers

From:Muke Tever <hotblack@...>
Date:Thursday, March 3, 2005, 15:55
Dan Sulani <Dansulani@...> wrote:
> I couldn't come up with an acceptable (to me, > at any rate) term for the collective non-us. > "Non-conlanger" doesn't really do it for me. > So I borrowed a leaf from Harry Potter and called > them "muggles". But that's not it either. (And besides, > that would imply that we conlangers are all wizards > and witches! Well, language-wizards, maybe. ;-) > But still...! ) > Sally thought that we might refer to them as > "avlangers" or "Avvles? (i.e., average users of language)" > Anybody else have any ideas as to what we should call > those who don't create langs?
Heh, I like the idea of "conlangers" vs "nonlangers", technically inaccurate though it may be. But if conlangers deal with conlangs, those who only deal with natlangs would presumably be called natlangers. :) *Muke! -- website: http://frath.net/ LiveJournal: http://kohath.livejournal.com/ deviantArt: http://kohath.deviantart.com/ FrathWiki, a conlang and conculture wiki: http://wiki.frath.net/

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