Re: CHAT: Unsolicited abuse

Mathias wrote:
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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 schizophren=
ic
 > episode would create a pretty erratic and confusing conlang at best...

 Now *there's* a project that would make interesting reading. <G> Any
 schizoid langs out there?

 James >>

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

Mathias
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Apologies for any offence caused.

James