Re: Ygyde is easier to learn than any other language

g10sha wrote:

> I've been called a lot of things, but never "dim-witted" and "mentally
> retarded". Maybe it's just me, but I always sort of suspected that aux-
> langing was the result of an over-active imagination requiring a great
> deal of brain power, simply because, in most cases, you end up doing
> most of it in your head. I mean.... dreaming up a language that almost
> nobody else will ever use?

I know only several auxlangers who are not mentally retarded. Two of
them are the makers of Kali-sise (http://www.langmaker.com/
kalisise.htm) and Tunu (http://conlang.free.fr/)
auxlangs. The rest
are mildly retarded to the same extend that most Muslims are mildly
retarded. (According to pewglobal.org, 65.5% global Muslim population
want to replace democracy and tolerance with strict sharia law.)

> As for testing.... Personally, I test mine time and time again. Which
> is why I never seem to be able to finish it - I'm always tweaking the
> fixes that come about from testing it out.

This is one of the hallmarks of good auxlang and good products in
general. Another hallmark is comparing all features of your auxlang
with the same features of other auxlangs:

1. Are the words easy to pronounce? Are there any consonant clusters?

2. Is it easy to understand fast speech? Can you easily tell where one
word ends and the next word begins?

3. Is it easy to make compound words? How long are these compound
words?

4. How much can you tell about a word that you do not know? Can you
tell if it is an adjective, a noun, or a verb? Can you tell if it is a
compound word?

5. Are there any mnemonic links between morphemes that make it easier
to memorize the morphemes? Are there any other ideas that minimize the
burden of memorizing the vocabulary?

6. Is it possible to make arbitrarily long and arbitrarily complex
sentences that have clear, unambiguous meaning?

> Religious fundamentalists? Maybe. After all, this is "my baby" you're
> talking about. The one I've been nurturing for twenty years now.
> Sorry, but it's hard for me to be objective about it sometimes.  Even
> though I try.

Life is very harsh for those who practice self-delusion.