Teddy Bear, etc.

[victor steinbok]

Esp*I*ranto? The couch-potato jock jargon?

VS-)

On 9/13/10, ronbutters at aol.com <ronbutters at aol.com> wrote:
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> Well there is Espiranto. And Tagmemics. .
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> At 2:26 PM -0400 9/13/10, Mark Mandel wrote:
>>Hija'! Hol 'oHbej thlIngan Hol'e'!
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>>Yes! Klingon certainly is a language! }}:-)>
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>>This is not to claim that it's a natural language or a fully functional
>> one.
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>>tlhIngan veQbeq marqem la'Hom -- Heghbej ghIHmoHwI'pu'!
>>     Subcommander Markem, Klingon Sanitation Corps
>>               Death to Litterbugs!
>>          http://mark.cracksandshards.com/Klingon/
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> Besides, how many "languages" were created by someone with a PhD in
> linguistics?
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> LH
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>>On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 10:10 AM, <ronbutters at aol.com> wrote:
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>>>  There is a considerable semantic literature on family resemblances, for
>>>  example Labov's essay on cups and mugs and glasses. Is "Ring Around the
>>>  Rosy" a game? Is dog-fighting a sport? Is Klingon a language?
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