I also agree with Mr. Paul O. BARTLETT

Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 15:13:24 -0400
From: Paul O. BARTLETT <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Re: Auxlang > Eurolang > Romaling

>I'll just respond to a few points.
>On Fri, 27 Jun 2003, Wei Chang wrote:

>> I look at Auxlang from time to time, most in summertimes. It
>> seems to be evolving strangely.
>> Seems to me that Auxlang is more than in past filled with "yet
>> another Eurolang." No interest in Africa, Asia, much of the
>> rest of world. Eurolangism is ok maybe for Europe. But in
>> my opinion wont sell even there--at least not the kind that
>> I see here now [...]

>Yes, recently AUXLANG has been taken over mostly by discussions of
>new "euroclone" languages, mostly Romance in origin and structure. I
>have already expressed my opinion that we need no more such languages.
>in fact, I will go so far as to say that creating new romance euroclone
>languages is simply a waste of time and effort.

This is exactly what I feel, so bad a waste!!

>There is one person on this list who seems to think that mere
>disagreement is an insult or an attack. Please ignore him.

If there is only one, that is good. :-)

>> This is difficult. Many at Auxlang now seem even insulted if
>> English is used to talk!! Insist on a Romance lingua or "maybe
>> Esperanto."

>No, only certain individuals. However, they have done
>most of the posting lately.

Ah. I see. But do the others have nothing to say?

>> Why so dim on French? Why ignore Turk, Arabic, etc.? Why anti
>> English words? Many are now quite international. Very widely
>> studied [even used] in Japan, India, Nigeria, etc.

>Again, this is only the orientation of certain individuals who have
>made most of the posts in AUXLANG lately. At one time the list
>was not so narrow.

I thought so.

>> Some of Auxlang people seem anti-English!!
> Only certain individuals are so anti-English. But they are
> making a lot of noise.

But to what objective??

>At the same time, there is no rule on AUXLANG that all
>debates have to be in English.

No. no. of course not. If we cannot understand each other,
that only underlines the need for a IAL. If someone wrote
in Swahili, I would not understand. I often can follow
some of the Esperanto, Interlingua, but not always clear.

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 "." CHANG Wei
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