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Re: Conlang as a divider from others

From:Clinton Moreland-Stringham <arachnis@...>
Date:Saturday, December 4, 1999, 16:25
That;s sort of the purpose of Aelya.

    Clint



abrigon wrote:

> The comments about the people of Micronesia whose lingo supposedly is > unrelated to any others in the area, makes me thing that in some ways a > Conlang can be a WALL to communication, or atleast between groups. It > can be like some professions that have highly technically words so that > ever if they are speaking English, you can't understand the whole > converations due to all the additional words, like medical doctors have. > > I wonder if a small group could not invent a Conlang, use it as a lingo > of thier group/commune/sect/etc so that amongst themselves they can > communicate, but the outside can't. Like the Amish and like groups go > with old High German and like lingos.. > > Mike > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. > Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com