Re: What to Call Non-Conlangers

What about civvies? Civilians.

Or if mundanes is too mean, how about shortening it to 'danes' and
keeping the real meaning 'secret'.

Then again we could call them some 'Outties' and we're the 'innies'

If we don't like muggles, then maybe a play on it 'congles' (though
that sounds like a body part) or maybe the 'nattles'.

What'cha think?

-- Patrick

On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 11:50:30 -0500, Sally Caves <scaves@...> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe" <joe@...>
>
> > Dan Sulani wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>    Anybody else have any ideas as to what we should call
> >> those who don't create langs?
> >
> >
> > Why, Natlangers of course. The use of Natlangs is what creates them, so
> > I think it would be appropriate.
>
> Ah, but that's so dull!  We're all of us natlangers, too.  None of us DON'T
> speak a natural language.  The point was to put us in a special category,
> like the wizards, and the rest in a comic category, like the "muggles."  I
> had suggested avlangers, speakers of only average languages, and condensed
> that to "avlers" (the double "v" was a purely Teonaht slip!!), but now think
> that ordlanger (ordinary language) might be better--or "soolers" (speakers
> of only ordinary language).   :)   ???
>
> Sally
>
> Sally
>

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