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Re: CHAT: Coming out of the conlang closet

From:J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...>
Date:Saturday, June 1, 2002, 5:59
In a message dated 05/31/2002 04.31.23 PM, hsteoh@QUICKFUR.MYIP.ORG writes:

>I wouldn't force myself to be someone I'm not just for >the sake of recognition or acceptance.
Hehe, I think the few Asians (you, Yoon , me... mayhaps a lurker or two) here on this list "prove" to me my pet-theory that conlanging is _not_ a thing done by the more convention-bound, Confucianist-influenced and "up-tight, Type A" Asians ;)
> I don't go around proclaiming my odd interests; but I don't take offense
when >laughed at for them, either. Hehe... Being "a friendly neighborhood sociopath," I usually laugh right back at *them* or insult their intelligence level (or sorry lack thereof) or dubious parentage (or sordid lack thereof). I have matured somewhat ;} I use to be "hell-a-violent" with "the shallow ends of the gene pool" (esp'ly when I was growing up in Houston, Texas). the ever-feisty Hanuman Zhang {HANoomaan JAHng} /'hanuma~n dZahN/ ~§~ CENTO: neo-futura M'illumino d'immenso tutto ruota a vertigine "Sometimes the difference between noise and music is all in your head" notte stellata nebulosa scoppia matematica dei mondi di colore le Apocalissi meccaniche nuovissime... les astres sont le silencieux orchestre des mondes inconnus: "avec le vide, les pleins pouvoirs"... "I like the fact that listen is an anagram of silent." Pace! è notturno, o Terra Nera! cacofonie divine e cinematografico musica romba NADA BRAHMA ... BRAHMA NADA ... NADA NADA ... BRAHMA BRAHMA... OM ... Om Tat Sat... Tat Tvam Asi... OM