Re: The Great Sundering (was Re: basic morphemes of a loglang)

On Wednesday, November 26, 2003, at 07:46 PM, Costentin Cornomorus wrote:

> --- Ray Brown <ray.brown@...> wrote:
>
>> Digressing a tad:
>
> But discussions of my BS
>
> I hope this isn't going to be the Name, as "BS"
> has connotations which I am positive you do not
> intend for the language!
Does it?  No, it will not be the Name.

I notice all the recent posts still continue to use BrSc,
so perhaps it's best to stay with the until it gets its own name - and
that can't be until it's decided what form it's going to take.
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On Wednesday, November 26, 2003, at 11:21 PM, Jörg Rhiemeier wrote:
[snip]

> This is indeed true.  I occasionally look into the AUXLANG archive,
> and there are hardly ever any design issues discussed there.
> It is almost entirely about Esperanto vs. Ido vs. Interlingua
> vs. Acadon vs. ...,
or even Novial vs. Novial!  That's when I finally quit.

>  i.e. about auxlangs vs. auxlangs
or auxdialect vs. auxdialect.

> that are so similar to each other that they are probably mutually
> intelligible, which makes all that bickering especially pointless.
...all the "euroclones" (and the are the overwhelming majority)
are close to 100% mutually intelligible.

[snip]
>> Not at all.  Xuxuxi is an auxlang designed for artlang reasons;
>> so is BrSc.
>
> Yes, there are such cases, but the "typical" auxlang is designed
> to better the world.
.... apple pie for all   :)

[snip]
> has anyone actually designed one?)  And then there are those
> who take an artlang and propose it as an auxlang.  I have seen
> such proposals for Quenya and Klingon.
Nice idea - but alas if Quenya were subject to that fate, the bickering
would start.

JRRT didn't leave Quenya in a fully fledged form needed for an IAL - I can
just imagine the heated arguments raging between the different factions
who believed their way was the only true one and all the others were
heresies to be exterminated at all costs.  Of course, each side would claim
to know the mind of JRRT.  If you think I exaggerated - look at the
archives
of the Novial civil wars where certain parties claimed to know the mind of
Jespersen!

No, no! Please save JRRT and Quenya from such a fate - both deserve better.

Ray
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