Re: [glosalist] Re: The Glosa Killer App

I accidentally sent a part-formed reply.

As I was going to say – I think a conlang’s success relies on getting it out in the popular consciousness, through things like literature, magazines, music, and film. The best thing you could do would be to find a director willing to shoot short films in an auxiliary language, so that there would then be some actual material for interested people to be exposed to the language. Glosa, like several other IAL projects I think could develop into something major given a chance, seems mostly to be the stuff of introverted journals. At this point, even a blog in the language would be a big step.

• Wayne S. Rossi

— Vasiliy <vabot@…> wrote:

Hi Bill!

Thank you for your message “The Glosa Killer App” and for your thoughts. It’s all right.

What I want to add.

The killer app must have a rich and strong sponsor! (Private or government)

Let’s remember the Eo history as a precedent. Primarily the Eo project was financed by the count Lev Tolstoy. In particular his “Milito kaj paco” had been translated to Eo for his money. And many others books too. Eo wouldn’t be successfull without money of Lev Tolstoy.

If you want to destribute any IAL widely, you ought to have a serious marketing plan. The marketing plan should be designed as anti-marketing scheme.

Regards, Vasiliy Terehov

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