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Re: THEORY: Re : Universal Translation Language

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Saturday, May 29, 1999, 20:59
"Raymond A. Brown" wrote:
> Umm - that might be a good thing for an IAL! If it takes all afternoon to > utter one sentence & the rest of the evening to get the reply, it might > give the two speakers time to cool down and think
Reminds me of a proposed reform of Esperanto which had a simplified phonology, and simpler syllables, stretching out words. http://www.langmaker.com/ml0105.htm, he says of this length (I think satirically) "Sen:esepera, by offering a long- winded language, hopes to discourage people from talking too much, which will increase the likelihood of world peace..." -- "It's bad manners to talk about ropes in the house of a man whose father was hanged." - Irish proverb http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/X-Files http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-name: NikTailor