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Re: CHAT: Unsolicited abuse

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Date:Tuesday, May 11, 1999, 15:48
Dans un courrier dat=E9 du 11/05/99 08:31:27  , James a =E9crit :

<< Danny Wier:
 > Except I'd figure that a mind under the grips of an active schizophrenic
 > episode would create a pretty erratic and confusing conlang at best...
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 Now *there's* a project that would make interesting reading. <G> Any
 schizoid langs out there?
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 James >>

I have unfortunately a schizophrenic relative in my family. He tends to be=20
over-logical. When you listened to him, everything he says makes sense. The=20
only thing is that it's pure invention. So I think that his conlangs would b=
e=20
very logical if he were a conlanger. And I met a guy in the underground many=20
years ago who was talking aloud to himself as if in a foreign language, but=20
actually I could hear it was merely random syllables uttered in a way they=20
looked like words of a foreign language (that may be word salad). I think=20
that he was speaking nonsense to stop thinking.
I don't like to think of conlanging in these terms.

Mathias