Re: My girlfriend is a conlanger!

Quoting Daniel Andreasson Vpc-Work <daniel.andreasson@...>:


> (I *am* a fan of bouncing though. It just didn't seem
> right at that moment. :)
Are you, by any chance, short? I seem to recall you refering to yourself as
physically small sometime or other on the list, and I'm nursing my grand
sociological theory that says that bouncing around from joy and similar, well,
motoric expression of feels is something primarily indulged in by people who
are short and thin. Possibly cause they're less likely to break expensive
stuff when doing it, perhaps because they're less likely to hit the ceiling
with their heads, perhaps because some subconscious part of the brain believes
that because they are small they must still be children and therefore should
be behaving childishly.

If someone points out that this is very possibly the most OT thing I've ever
written to the list, I'll start develop a theory that relates peoples physical
size to their conlang structure preferences. Perhaps the next poll could help
me gather some data by asking for people's height and weight as well as some
basic characteristics of their conlangs; basic syntax,
accusativity/ergativity/other, presence of cases, etc.

> The best thing about all this is that I can talk to
> someone about conlanging. It is a rather big hobby
> of mine, and not being able to share it with someone,
> not even your girlfriend, is a bit sad. You know how
> it is. "What are you doing?" "Oh, I'm just writing some
> stuff". You wouldn't say "I'm creating a language and
> I'm proud of it as well!" At least I wouldn't.)
That sounds a wee bit defensive, doesn't it? If someone asked me what I was
doing when conlanging on the comp and I felt like giving a more informative
answer than "stuff", I'd say it in some matter of fact way. Say, "Developing
the some sound changes for my fictional language". I figure that people would
either take that as "I'm a jerk, and being around me is bad for your social
standing", or take enough of an interest to ask further.

                                                   Andreas

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