Re: Tell your conlang story!

I'm very new to the conlang list, but here's my story.

On 2/27/06, Monica Byrne <monica.resources@...> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone!
>
> Here are a few questions to get you thinking:
>
> 1) How did you get in to conlanging? What was your inspiration?
>
     Since I was about 6 I started inventing cultures (conculture?) and from
then it was only logical to start on languages. Tolkien was the biggest
influence, together with an Esperanto grammar I found somewhere.

2) What is your purpose in creating languages? Is it a personal art, an
> anthropological experiment, a pasttime...?
>
     Escaping. And all of the above.

3) How have people reacted when you tell them about it?
>
     Well... the few people I've told already thought I was nuts, so nothing
changed ;)

4) Did conlanging lead you places you never expected it to take you?
>
     Yep, I'm now an ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher and a tour
guide. I've met some very interesting people also.


Sapthan, a.k.a. Ayam Beamonte.

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