From: Padraic Brown (elemtilas@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun May 25 2003 - 05:55:20 EST
--- "Jeffrey S. Jones" <jeffsjones@earthlink.net>
wrote:
[Magomagno wrote:]
> > > I'm working on my own ideal international
> > > Romance lang.
[Iscripssí:]
>> [W]e'd also like to see this
>> message as the very last in which you tout it
>> as "ideal" or "international".
>
> My impression is that magomagno wasn't too
> serious about the policital aspect. Is that
> correct, MM?
Could be. We'll never know, cos the Wizard has
decided to scrap Neo-Latin in favour of other
projects. Personally, I kind of liked it. But
when the first thing out of a poster's mouth is
chapter 1, verse 1 of the IALer's Gospel of the
Promulgation, one can only assume that the intent
is earnest unless further evidence to the
contrary is forthcomming!
> > No gender? Strange... Romlangs used to have
> > gender...
>
> They still do. Some have all three inherited
> genders. Euroclones tend to dump it for some
> strange reason, though!
> >>>>>
>
> The gender would have to be either biological
> or match the noun ending. It's simpler to
> eliminate it.
Agreed (a la English), but contrary to the
premise. The premise being the use of the
ablative singular (-â, -ô, -e, -î, -û, -ê) as the
basis for the N-L nouns endings.
> My question is: Is the -i ending retained when
> adjectives are used as nouns?
Someone else also asked that; I also lamented the
discrimination of important -i stem Latin nouns
that will be forced into a nother declension
simply because -i is now to be used as the adj.
ending. Mind you, I'm not _against_ this
solution, just wondering at it.
Padraic.
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Thawshevehersniggil leipovehersnisil vanayarsouro darronosse!
--Daine prayer.
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