Re: Artlangers vs. auxlangers (was Re: Tell your conlang story!)

Quoting Roger Mills <rfmilly@...>:


> Yas......I'm reminded of S.I. Hayakawa's "Language in Thought and Action",
> where, for fun, he rang similar changes on various verbs, on the order of
>
>     I...wasn't aware of that
>     You...are uninformed
>     he...is stupid
>
>     I...am a gourmet
>     you...are a gourmand
>     he...is a pig
>
> etc. etc. :-))))))))))
In a similar vein, Terry Pratchett has noted that farmers become insane, small
traders and craftsmen go mad, nobles become excentric, and a king may be a bit
confused and somewhat detached from reality.

                                            Andreas

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