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Re: Conlingua comprehensibile



Hello,

Your message is polite and makes sense.

There is some hope in romconlang.

Best regards,

Jacques

*

--- In romconlang@yahoogroups.com, Scotto Hlad <scott.hlad@...> 
wrote:
>
> Certainly a language is a medium of communication. My Conlang is 
also artistic 
> in nature. It was done as a creative venture: can I make a Romance 
language 
> that would "look" & "feel" like a Romance language, but would 
still be unique 
> unto itself? My language is no more difficult to memorize than any 
other and 
> was easily adaptable to the keyboard. 
> 
> As many romance languages use diacritics the presence _or_ absence 
of them is 
> inherently artistic. The cedilla that I employ under two 
consonants and the 
> grave accent over one vowel are what make my language unique among 
others, 
> just as the brush stroke in a painting is unique to each artist. 
(I have a 
> painter-friend who has a tremor making his brush strokes 
artistically unique 
> in the world.) 
> 
> I would suggest that factors of comfort are indeed subjective. 
Some people 
> find a hard mattress comfortable, some find a soft mattress 
comfortable. The 
> very things you describe as lacking comfort are a comfort (ie. 
diacritics)
> 
> Some people like the style of cubism and some don't. Does the 
presence of 
> those who dislike it make it any less an art form?
> 
> Art is not always harmonious. The most successful paintings will 
have some 
> sort of tension in them. If we didn't have the tension, we would 
not notice 
> the work.
> 
> Vivie la arte dea linegua,
> Scotto
> 
> 
> Quoting Jacques Dehée <jacquesdehe@...>:
> 
> > 
> > Un lingua, anque un conlingua, es un medio de comunication,
> > 
> > non un monologo autistic.
> > 
> > Factores de confort son objective: facilita de memorisation,
> > 
> > adaptation al claviero (keyboard) con absentia de signos 
diacritic,
> > 
> > etc.
> > 
> > Le resultato es un lingua pure et es Arte.
> > 
> > Arte es harmonia e non es autismo, hiper-agresivita et insultas.
> > 
> > Cordialmente, Jacques 
> > 
> > *
> > 
> > --- In romconlang@yahoogroups.com, Padraic Brown <elemtilas@> 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > --- Jacques Dehée <jacquesdehe@> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Inter-romance es un lingua construite, dunque
> > > > non native.
> > > 
> > > Perhaps I misled: the conlang in question is
> > > "native" to this region of groups -- Romconlang,
> > > Conculture, Conlang, Celticonlang.
> > > 
> > > > Inter-romance es diferente d'Interlingua, es
> > > > plus moderne,
> > > > ma vu es incompetente pro vider le diferentias.
> > > 
> > > It's easy to understand for anyone at all who has
> > > had some Latin and some Spanish. Throw in a
> > > little bit of French or Italian and Bob's your
> > > uncle. To be quite honest with you, while I find
> > > I-R very understandable, you are reinventing the
> > > wheel. This is what auxlanging is all about, and
> > > what it's always been about!
> > > 
> > > > Inter-romance non pretende devenir un lingua
> > > > auxiliar mundial.
> > > 
> > > Perhaps not. However, the superiority complex
> > > you've displayed is quite in keeping with the
> > > usual demeanour of auxlangers.
> > > 
> > > > Inter-romance permite me de ser comprendite per
> > > > occidental personas,
> > > > regretabilemente anque per fanaticos
> > > > hiper-agresive.
> > > > 
> > > > Al contrario vu besonia usar l'inglese pro ser
> > > > comprendite.
> > > 
> > > Indeed. It's called "using the interlanguage
> > > common to this group". You are undoubetly
> > > ignorant of the fact that we are an international
> > > group. The fact remains that English is the
> > > interlanguage par excellence hereabouts. We're
> > > not afraid to use our conlangs here and are not
> > > miffed by yours.
> > > 
> > > Once again, since you seem to missed the whole
> > > point: we are not interested in your language as
> > > a means of world or regional communications.
> > > There are already very fine and well established
> > > languages that get that job done (though I know
> > > you aspire to auxlangy greatness!). We're
> > > interested in your language in so far as it's a
> > > constructed Romance language.
> > > 
> > > > Comprehensibilita d'Inter-romance es su
> > > > apertura, su sanita e su honesta.
> > > 
> > > We don't really care much about its
> > > comprehensability, Jacques. We're not auxlangers.
> > > You've nothing to prove here!
> > > 
> > > Padraic
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Cordialmente, Jacques
> > > > 
> > > > *
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > --- In romconlang@yahoogroups.com, Padraic
> > > > Brown <elemtilas@> 
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > --- Jacques Dehée <jacquesdehe@> wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > > Un lingua incomprehensibile non pote
> > > > pretender
> > > > > > ser inspirate per le Latino !
> > > > > 
> > > > > Oi couló! Fas ridieir a lis chraves!!
> > > > > 
> > > > > (Thank you very much! I wasn't expecting such
> > > > > high praise!!)
> > > > > 
> > > > > > Cordialmente,  Jacques
> > > > > 
> > > > > Listen Jocko, before you make a further arse
> > > > of
> > > > > thyself hereabouts, please do your homework. 
> > > > > 
> > > > > One, this is not Auxlang, but Romconlang.
> > > > Here,
> > > > > we are almost entirely artistic conlangers.
> > > > We
> > > > > tolerate your auxlang in so far as it is also
> > > > a
> > > > > Romance conlang and you seem genuinely
> > > > interested
> > > > > in discussing Romance conlangs. Your typical
> > > > > "your language sucks and one day my auxlang
> > > > will
> > > > > rule the world" attitude is not appreciated
> > > > > around here.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Two, it takes more than a copy-n-paste from
> > > > the
> > > > > work of Gode et al to make a "comfortable"
> > > > > Romance language. It might make for a decent
> > > > > auxlang, but you're obviously out of your
> > > > depth
> > > > > here, as we don't generally go in for
> > > > simplistic
> > > > > planned languages and the horrific politics
> > > > they
> > > > > engender.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Now, you made the comment that it is fun to
> > > > talk
> > > > > about what makes for a comfy _Romance_
> > > > language.
> > > > > You were given a response in a native Romance
> > > > > conlang. Let's hear something substantive
> > > > please,
> > > > > rather than mere dismissal. We've been very
> > > > > tolerant and interested in your conlang
> > > > without
> > > > > resorting to dismissal. The same sort of
> > > > courtesy
> > > > > will be appreciated in future.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Padraic
> > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > *
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > --- In romconlang@yahoogroups.com, Henrik
> > > > > > Theiling <theiling@> 
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hi!
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Jacques Dehée writes:
> > > > > > > > I mean a successful romance conlang,
> > > > not a
> > > > > > cryptogram !
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Koð??  Öður lyng tög er þátt á latinn er
> > > > bonn
> > > > > > syskur pró nær
> > > > > > > þeklyngar!
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > What??  Every language which is created
> > > > from
> > > > > > Latin is a good 
> > > > > > success
> > > > > > > for us conlangers!
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > **Henrik
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Camifi, Marusi, teterani, tester fuferios
> > > > asteros; tamenio
> > > > > vem Persaecion empuriase ed ec pasem
> > > > emduriase!
> > > > >     --Pomperios Perfurios.
> > > > > 
> > > > > --
> > > > > 
> > > > > Ill Bethisad --
> > > > > <http://www.bethisad.com>
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Come visit The World! --
> > > > > <http://www.geocities.com/hawessos/>
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > .
> > > > >
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Camifi, Marusi, teterani, tester fuferios asteros; tamenio
> > > vem Persaecion empuriase ed ec pasem emduriase!
> > >     --Pomperios Perfurios.
> > > 
> > > --
> > > 
> > > Ill Bethisad --
> > > <http://www.bethisad.com>
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Come visit The World! --
> > > <http://www.geocities.com/hawessos/>
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > .
> > >
> > 
> > 
> >
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