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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!