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Re: [Ltru] my technical position on extlang

John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org> Sun, 25 May 2008 06:31 UTC

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Peter Constable scripsit:

> My hunch is that, for most macrolanguage cases, most users would not be
> able to handle most of the encompassed languages.

You're probably right, with Norwegian as a conspicuous exception;
hence the ongoing brouhaha.

> If that's the case, then you're making an argument *against* extlang.

Hmm.  You may be right at that.

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