Re: [Ltru] Re: extlang

For the record, I suspect John used this term -- in quotes indicating that 
this wasn't formal language -- because I had just used this term in an 
offline e-mail to him trying to clarify the straw poll question. I 
certainly meant nothing by it -- I was making sure that we were talking 
about the languages encapsulated by the macrolanguage, not the 
macrolanguage itself as was implied by the text. If this term has offended 
you, I'm sorry for my part in it. I'm quite sure John did not use this in 
the spirit you are suggesting. 

If m*crolanguage is an offensive term, perhaps macrolanguage is as well?

Regards,

Karen Broome

Marion Gunn <mgunn@egt.ie> 
08/30/2007 11:46 AM

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Re: [Ltru] Re: extlang

On 30 Aug 2007, at 17:13, scríobh Addison Phillips:

> ...
> As for extlangs... I'm not sure we can solve this by arguing either 
> case. Both the pro- and anti-extlang parties have valid points and 
> in some cases the extlang tags *are* more useful and in some cases 
> they *are* more harmful...

The most harmful aspect of extlangs, Addison, is John Cowan's 
reckless use of an objectionable unofficial term (in his msg below), 
which I am still waiting for a list administrator to challenge/ 
deprecate via the list, because that unofficial term denigrates the 
indigenous languages of certain countries.
mg

On 29 Aug 2007, at 13:13, scríobh John Cowan:

> Note that it's the "microlanguages" (not an official term), the 
> languages
> encompassed by macrolanguages, that are handled by extlang subtags...
>

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Bhóthair, Co. Átha Cliath, Éire.
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