Re: My girlfriend is a conlanger!

Jan van Steenbergen wrote:

> > Jessica's told me that she concultures as well. I'll meet her tonight, and
> > I'll give you an update tomorrow on what happens. :)
> Oh, please do!
Okay, so today is the day *after* tomorrow, but I'm gonna tell
you anyway. :)

The story seems to be that she isn't a very active conlanger
and hasn't been for at least a year. She started out with a
conculture when she was about 13 and did some conlanging back
then. She then took it up in highschool. I think she gave up
the project when she felt it didn't lead anywhere. And she was
pretty alone in her endeavor. However, I'm hoping she will become
much more an active conlanger now that she knows about me and
the list.

I've lent her my copy of "Describing morphosyntax" as well. I'm
hoping that will give results. :)

> I would strongly advise against that. Sounds too much like "Yes,
> Danny"...(unless she is used to calling you "Danny", of course)
Then "Denica" perhaps. :)

Some people call me Danny, but not her (or "she" rather. No one
is calling *her* Danny. :D  ).

Amusing story:

I was at a linguistic seminar last week and dared asking some
questions. Now, I know the guy who had the presentation at the
seminar a bit, and he has the habit of calling me Danny Boy.
So when I asked a question, he said "Okay, let's hear what Danny Boy has to say
about this". I'm not sure if that led to
all the profs taking my questions more seriously (since I was
apparently aquainted with the presentation guy) or LESS seriously (since I wasn't even
"Daniel", but just Danny Boy)... :)

> Should I call my next conlang "Mariniani"?
What's your fiances name? Marina? Maria? Mariana?

Daniel Andreasson

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