Re: OT: the euro & 01.01.02 (was NATLANG/FONT:)
| From: | Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, December 19, 2001, 18:02 |
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bjm10 wrote:
>On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Henrik Theiling wrote:
>
> > I did not like it because it was an English abbreviation pronounced
> > like French in German: /e:ky:/ (German adds phonemic length). `Euro'
> > OTOH is too long.
> >
> > I'd have chosen something like 'Nin' or so, which should be pronounced
> > similarly in all contries (if that word doesn't do it, maybe we'll
>
>AHA! Final PROOF that my IAL named Uk is the supreme perfection of IAL.
>
>Uk. Uk uk uk uk uk uk. Uk uk uk uk uk uk. Uk, uk uk--uk.
>
>Or to put the entire matter more succinctly, in strict Uk:
>
>uk
[dons Auxlanging battle-gear]
No! Unvoiced stops are too difficult! We shall use Ugh instead!
Ugh!
[/dons]
Anyway, my latest study suggests that the true aim of the IAL movement is to
pull down barriers of communication in order to fasciliate more arguments
and rows over optimal IAL structure ... ;-)
Andreas
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