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Re: Futurese

From:Jeff Jones <jeffsjones@...>
Date:Monday, May 6, 2002, 22:06
On Mon, 6 May 2002 17:31:38 -0400, Javier BF <uaxuctum@...> wrote:

>On Mon, 6 May 2002 18:39:51 +0100, Michael Poxon <m.poxon@...>
wrote:
> >>Dear Kala Tunu, >>That was me (Michael Poxon). I especially like the way you translated the >>idea of "regularly variable star" by the idea of a vibrating string - >>especially as the stellar variations also have sub-harmonics too! But >>basically I was just throwing down the gauntlet to Javier as an example >>of technical English to translate into his IAL. Don't let that stop >>anyone else trying to translate it into their conlangs though! >>Mike > >Well, maybe that's because you haven't noticed that "my" >IAL is just in its preliminary phase (there's just a >sketch of the grammar and a bunch of words). If I posted it >here it was precisely to try to get some help in developing >it, a help which up to this moment nobody here seems willing >to offer, since almost every reply to my post has been >definitely aggressive and destructive, as if my proposal was >a peril and I a wicked demon that had to be beaten down; and >that even though I asked for it to be viewed simply as a >conlang so as to avoid starting flame wars about the need, >convenience, etc. of an IAL.
Yes, Javier, you are right. Sorry for not posting sooner, I've been busy deleting. The nasty behavior of some list members here lately (and not just on this thread) has been sickening -- it's they who've been demons. People put on a kind face until they see someone they think nobody cares about (on this list, IAL makers and "fruitcakes", I guess), then it's "Hooray, a helpless victim!" I'll try to give my own, hopefully constructive, critique, but not in this post. I want to wait until I'm in a better frame of mind. It may take awhile. Jeff Jones

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