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==== Non-universality ==== | ==== Non-universality ==== | ||
The creator believes on the basis of the [[w:Egocentric predicament|egocentric predicament]] that it is impossible for anything | The creator believes on the basis of the [[w:Egocentric predicament|egocentric predicament]] that it is impossible for anything a single person or group of people creates to be reflective of universal human experience. This is well-demonstrated in the area of constructed languages by the many problems that plague auxiliary languages in the area of semantics. | ||
Hence, rather than an attempt to create a universal language, or a language for everyone, Cân Gert makes no apologies for betraying its creator's own biases in its design. For instance, it has an easily recognisable, distinctly Scottish character. | Hence, rather than an attempt to create a universal language, or a language for everyone, Cân Gert makes no apologies for betraying its creator's own biases in its design. For instance, it has an easily recognisable, distinctly Scottish character. | ||