Re: Austin, Utopia, Uglossia, and Bats.

Sally Caves wrote:

> Thank you, Tom!
You're welcome, of course! I'd love to meet at least someone
on the list in person -- there are so few who follow our ways
around here.  ;)

> But the primary reason would be to see the... BATS!!!!!!!
> They do still swarm out in November, don't they?  Please don't tell me
> they go into hibernation or migrate in the late autumn.
To be honest, I don't know.  I've never even seen their roost.
I did see them once early in the evening near a mall here, at which
time they quite literally covered the sky.  Supposedly, they usually
roost under one of the overpasses on Interstate-35.

(For our non-Austinite friends, we're talking about the largest
bat swarm in North America -- several million of them make
their home here.  They're rather nice, actually, since the insect
population is kept to a minimum :-) )

>  This would be
> the weekend of November 11, 12, 13, 14.  I'm giving my paper on Friday
> in the afternoon. "Utopia, Uglossia: On-line Language Invention."
I'd LOVE to have a copy of that! I'm sure the rest of us
would be interested, as well...

Anyways, I'll see if I can dig up some conlanging friends around
here, and ask them what their plans are.

(There is a (small) possibility I might be out of town on that
weekend. There might be a College Bowl meet somewhere, and
these are usually out-of-state, so that means whole weekends
are taken up... but I'll check and get back to you about it)

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