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Re: Uglossia and Utopia

From:Charles <catty@...>
Date:Wednesday, September 22, 1999, 19:33
Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
> > On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Sally Caves wrote:
> > Is there any way, though, that > > any of you artlangers look upon your creation as "utopic" in the > > way this word has come to be used--as an improvement upon society, > > or upon language and expression? > >
1:
> In a certain, very special sense, yes, I think of Denden as improving > this world - I like variety, and another language adds to it, which > is good thing... Same with anything that adds to the world's store of > 'art'. What this world needs (amongst other things) is more languages.
2:
> But Denden is certainly not meant to make people better people.
#1 makes #2.