We probably shouldn't use such subjective criteria in judging the conlangs we have here. "Ugly" and "well-made" differ from person to person, and are potentially insulting.<div><br></div><div>Eugene<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/6/13 Olivier Simon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cafaristeir@yahoo.com">cafaristeir@yahoo.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font:inherit"><div>Sellamat James ! <br></div>
<div>I remember Adelic; I found it looked so ugly that I had planned to use it as a "Black Speech" for Role Playing Games ! </div>
<div>A well-made Germanic auxlang is Frenkish by David Parke:</div>
<div><a href="http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/frenkisch/" target="_blank">http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/frenkisch/</a></div>
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<div>Olivier</div>
<div><a href="http://sambahsa.pbworks.com/" target="_blank">http://sambahsa.pbworks.com/</a> </div><div class="im">
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<div><br>--- On <b>Fri, 6/12/09, James Montgomery <i><<a href="mailto:dreamripple@yahoo.com" target="_blank">dreamripple@yahoo.com</a>></i></b> wrote:<br></div>
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<div><div class="im"><br>I agree that it shouldn't be an Auxlang. There are already some established. They really aren't in danger of going away any time soon. Personally, too many are Euroclones.<br><br>I think that the first shouldn't be too terribly difficult, either. I think it would be better to work with one that's very manageable in a small amount of time. This will allow for fine-tuning and getting systems set-up for the following conlangs... Which leads me into...<br>
<br></div><div class="im">I believe we should also place weight on being able to modify the language. Even if it's with first getting approval from the creator, having one too rigid and archaic, without being able to...update it would seem like the best way to go. For preservation, yes. For practical use, no. Surely we can find a balance.<br>
<br></div><div class="im">An example of a language I've looked at seriously in the past was Adelic <a href="http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Station/6297/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Station/6297/index.html</a> I has a combination of things going for it, but also has some pitfalls. The largest being that this is the only page left for Adelic that has the whole corpus available to the public.<br>
<br></div><div class="im">I was Adelic's plight that led me to eventually find this group. Pages are going down. Authors can't be contacted, repositories are fading away, and I see this as almost as much of a loss as losing a unique Natlang. I'm not trying to be melodramatic, simply trying to point out what we all see happening.<br>
<br>I'll be trolling your posts!<br><br>James C. Montgomery<br>_______________________________________________<br></div><div class="im">conlang_learners mailing list<br><a href="http://us.mc574.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=conlang_learners@conlang.org" target="_blank">conlang_learners@conlang.org</a><br>
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