Conlang-L FAQ
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Subject Topic Tags
- CHAT: off-topic stuff of the conversational sort
- USAGE: natural language usage (all of the YAEPT and similar should use this)
- THEORY: linguistic theory discussions
- OT: off-topic stuff of any sort
- OFFLIST: not actually seen on-list, this tag is added to make explicitly clear that you are taking a subject offlist (i.e. you're emailing someone directly about it)
Acronyms
List of acronyms specific to the Conlang Mailing List:
- ANADEW - "A natlang's already dunnit, except worse"
- ANADEWISM - Something you thought was unique, but is really an ANADEW
- YAEPT (the original acronym) - Yet Another English Pronounciation Thrread
- YADPT
- YAGPT
- YAEGT - Yet Another English Grammar Thread
- general pattern: YA(Language)(Topic)T
