history of conlanging (aka Conlang influences, aka Lest darkness fall)

> At 5:36 pm -0800 20/11/99, Barry Garcia wrote:
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> Well i'm probably the odd one out here, because I was never inspired to
> start conlanging because of Tolkien
Is the general consensus that Tolkien was the inspiration for most
conlangers?  Oh I think not!  Along with Ray, and probably a number
of others, I hadn't even heard of Tolkien until well after I was
making up a language.  It was my mother who introduced us to Lord
of the Rings.  She was very impressed by the appendix, and pointed
it out to me:  Look, Sally! Here's a man who's invented a language
and a script, just like you!  I remember a dark wave of jealousy
and despair overtaking me at that moment.  I was thirteen.  !!!!

A confession...
Sally

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