En réponse à daniel andreasson <danielandreasson@...>:
> Yes, you heard me! My girlfriend is a conlanger! And she
> didn't tell me until today!
>
Well, first of all, my belated congratulations!
> I've been seeing her for more than a year, and she's always
> kept this to herself. I haven't really spoken to her about
> my conlanging, but she knows a little, because sometimes I
> make references to stuff I've read on this list.
>
How come she didn't react to your references before?!
>
> As it turns out, the main reason she took linguistics was to
> get inspiration for her language, and of course just to learn
> more about linguistics (which is a fascinating subject in
> itself). Just like me!
>
?!!! I suppose you completely opened to her the fact that you were conlanging
too. How did she react? ;)
> She didn't think anyone else did this kind of stuff.
What about you? Or she never really knew which mailing list you were referring
to?
>
> Now, I've told her everything about this list and given her
> about a million links to conlanging sites (including, of course,
> my own conlanglinks.tk. :)
>
Hehe, I really want to know her reaction to learning that her own boyfriend is
a conlanger too!!! :))
> I'm hoping she'll join the list and develop her conlanging skills
> and her conlang.
>
I hope so too! :)
>
> I'll tell you more about all this and her language, and I'm so
> hoping she'll join the list. She says if she does, she'll be
> mostly lurking, but hopefully, she'll at least send an introduction
> about herself.
>
And a little bit about her language!
> I'm so excited! Weee! :)
>
I can understand! Alas, my friend knows everything about my conlanging and is
not himself a conlanger. In fact, he has no interest in language whatsoever,
and his artistic skills lie in other directions. No chance to convert him at
all... :(((
Christophe.
http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr
It takes a straight mind to create a twisted conlang.