Re: I won't start a flame warRe: Conlang T-Shirt

tuozin@dmv.com writes:
>I'm all in favor of having people ask. And they will ask. Just
>try posting something to a non-conlang list with a .sig in your
>favorite conlang. Or go out wearing a t-shirt with a slogan in a
>natlang that isn't well known where you live. Complete strangers
>will ask, "What does that say?"
Well, I'm pretty much indifferent here because I am not buying one (I have
just enough money for art supplies for school, and not job so... :)).
However, I agree with the above statement. Anything in a language no one
hardly knows will get attention. There's a local book store in Monterey
that sells shirts with words for different emotions in a foreign language
written on the front (one has Arabic, another Tagalog, another Japanese,
etc). A friend bought one and gets all kinds of questions about it when
she wears it.
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>So, I don't mind natlangs, but I wouldn't miss them either.
>Then again, I am a little bit of a conlang evangelist. <G> Maybe
>other people don't want to have to explain their shirt 5 times a
>day.
If I were buying one, I would probably feel the same way. I actually don't
mind explaining things to peoplethough. But that's just me :).


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