@languagehacker I'm curious if you've ever heard of Volapük: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volap%C3%BCk …
@languagehacker haha per Douglas Crockford "someone told [the creator of Volapük] English speakers understand umlauts" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKuFu19LgZA#t=7m27s …
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@bascule Yeah man people in the 19th Century had a lot of time on their hands. -
@languagehacker I just think it's funny that the main proponent of a universal language caused it to fragment and therefore fall apart -
@languagehacker exactly ;) Another point of Douglas Crockford's: the end result of Volapük was we're worse off than before
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