Re: what is a loglang?
From: | Garth Wallace <gwalla@...> |
Date: | Friday, May 7, 2004, 9:03 |
Ray Brown wrote:
> On Thursday, May 6, 2004, at 06:48 AM, Mark P. Line wrote:
>
>> And Rosta said:
>>
>>> Mark Line:
>>>
>>>> Some things that popped up in a few recent posts made me squirm
>>>> uneasily
>>>> and wonder what it is exactly that we all think a loglang *is*.
>>>
>>>
>>> _Loglang_ is polysemous.
>>> In one sense, it is an obsolete synonym for 'engelang'.
>>
>>
>> Wonder why it isn't 'engilang'...
>
>
> ..to keep it disyllabic like 'conlang', 'artlang', 'auxlang' and 'loglang'
> (not to be confused with 'loglan' :)
>
> So 'engelang' /'EndZl&N/ - of course English spelling disguises that for
> the unwarry - *'enjlang' would give a clearer indication of pronunciation
> - but is probably unacceptable to most {sigh}
Ahh, I was under the impression that it was /'EngEl&N/. Whoops!