Re: Complexity, Languaging & Design LO994

Dr. Ivan Blanco (BLANCO@BU4090.BARRY.EDU)
Sun, 30 Apr 1995 23:33:56 -0400 (EDT)

Replying to LO863 --

No language is useful without a cultural meaning as a foundation to
support it. I think that this is the major reason why Esperanto never
made it as a universal laguage. It is probably the same reason why the
catholic church decided to let churches say mass in the local language of
each congregation. I think that this happen after the church determined
that many followers were memorizing some of the "mass words" but not
learning a whole lot, because they were in Latin. With my apologies to
those who might love Latin, it didn't make a whole lot of sense to me
either. red then), and attended a lot of services in Latin too.

Ivan
Blanco@BU4090.Barry.edu