On 10/25/07, Lars Aronsson <lars(a)aronsson.se> wrote:
Gregory Maxwell wrote:
When there is no conflict and we can work side by
side with
language preservationists, extreme polyglots, and conlang
advocates thats great.
This discussion would benefit if vague and derogatory words like
"dying" and "extreme" could be avoided. (Is Icelandic a dying
language? Are Danes who also wish to learn Lithuanian extreme?)
The category "conlang" (trying to put both Esperanto and Klingon
under the same hat) isn't exactly useful either.
My mind boggles at how someone could consider "dying" either
vague or derogatory. I would have thought it to be a _stark_.
expression, with a clear poignancy, regardless of whether one
was of the view that such cannot be rescued or not.
In the lack of a strong list moderator, we all have to
consider
self-moderation and keeping discussions on topic.
Doctor, heal thyself, comes to mind.
--
Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro]]