Theiling Online    Sitemap    Conlang Mailing List HQ   

Re: Hi from Ukraine

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Friday, November 23, 2001, 10:12
En réponse à "Y.Penzev" <yitzchaq@...>:

> Hi!
Hi! I see you finally made it to the list! Welcome!
> I'm a 33yo/m linguist from Ukraine. My native tongue is Russian. > Now I'm a teacher of English and Biblical Hebrew at a Bible college in > Kyiv. > In English you can call me "Isaac" :-)
And in Russian? And in Ukrainian? Oh! I seem to remember that Vasiliy contacted me also before he could subscribe to the list. Strangely enough, I seem to attract Russian-speaking conlangers :)) .
> In my school days I tried to invent many languages of my own. When I > grew > older, I thought it just wasting time, and all my projects went to a > trash-bin.
He he, I never had this stage. But well, I'm used to thinking that everything I do is a waste of time. It doesn't prevent me from doing it :)) . But recently I've discovered hundreds (!) of people,
> practicing > this *art* ! > Guys, you've inspired me! > Hope to start this hobby soon again! >
You're at the right place! This list gave me tons of inspiration and I know I will never be able to use it all :) .
> ...and I like just learning languages, at least a bit of it, just > basics, to > feel the flavour. I've got a REAL collection of them now... >
Tell us more! I have the same hobby! Though the bits I learn are so little that I can do nothing with them, not even say "hello"! :(( Christophe. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr Take your life as a movie: do not let anybody else play the leading role.

Reply

Y.Penzev <yitzchaq@...>