Generally, the forest, owing to the flatness of the country, lends itself to ideal subdivision into compartments and cheap firebreaking by horse-drawn graders.

Baudrillard (1981, 185f.) describes the transition from a metallurgic society, defined as a society of production, to a semiurgic order characterized by the proliferation of signs, simulacra, and images.

The biggest mistakes conlangers or artlangers do, is assume that learners of their IAL has same backround (languages, culture, religion and education) than themselves.

I'd like to introduce Mumbo the Magnificent and his dancing parrot, Tiddles. Take it away, Mumbo!