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--- Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@hidden.email> a scris: > And I have also another reason for not writing > a Teach Yourself Wenedyk book: I > don't want anyone to learn the language. Study > it for fun, yes. Browse through > the vocabulary for fun, yes. But seriously > learning a constructed language is > something I would never do. A waste of time and > energy, really. If someone > really would want to learn Wenedyk, I'd tell > him to learn Sorbian, Kashubian, > Rumantsch or whatever instead. While I wouldn't go anywhere near that far; I do understand your point. We do m�ny things that are equally or more a waste of time and energy (some of which I can't mention, because they'd be an affront to folk's sensibilities). Conlanging and learning someone's conlang to the point of being able to use it are not in any way a waste of time or effort. To the contrary, they are an easy way of exercising the brain (stimulation of cognitive capacity, etc) and offer an insight into the creator of said language in ways he'd probably never discuss in open. That is, I would not discourage anyone from learning Kerno (Gods help em if they try it!) and would offer any help I could. Also, I do not in any way consider learning Brithenig as well as I did to be a waste! Nor do I consider it any more noble to study Cornish or Manx! ;))) Padraic. ===== la cieurgeourea provoer mal trasfu ast meiyoer ke 'l andrext ben trasfu. -- Ill Bethisad -- <http://www.geocities.com/elemtilas/ill_bethisad> Come visit The World! -- <http://www.geocities.com/hawessos/> .