Re: OT Associated Press covers endangered languages

li [X. Rayburn] mi tulis la ...


> Can you honestly say you have never had doubts about the worthwhileness
> of conlanging? Never said to yourself something like, "my tendency to
> make lists of things could better be used in managing an investment
> ****tfolio or screening potential anti-cancer drugs"?? I often have such
> doubts. Likewise, when I consider lending sup****t to efforts to keep
> Volapük or Ido alive, I think to myself, why not Lakota or Muskogee
> instead.
> 
> Is no one else man enough to admit having such questions?

Not really.  I'm all for preserving what do***entation exists on
*any* language, but it really doesn't matter to me if any of
them lives or dies whether they be natural or constructed. I do
have my personal favorites that I like to spend time studying
for my own amusement, and often use what I find in my own
conlang creations, but I'm not going to lose any sleep over any
of them slipping into history.  What's im****tant is that I am
able to communicate with the people I need to communicate with.
English has done a good job of that for over 40 years now, and
I'm working on Spanish because there may just be a need for it
in my near future.  As interesting as it may be to learn Lakota
or some other less-than-popular language, I have many demands on
my time, and even for amusement couldn't spend the time needed
to learn any of them to fluency.


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