Re: CHAT: Conlanging couples

> > It would be interesting to hear how different people
> > frame the hobby to normal humans <g>. I mostly don't
> > tell people about it, if I do how I frame it depends
> > on the person I'm dealing with. There is usually
> > _some_ angle that can serve as a basis of
> > understanding.
Oh, well... I don't make a secret of it, and incidentally I mention it to a
friend or so, but usually I receive zero reaction. The conversation about the
topic just stops after mentioning it and never reaches a point on which I have
to explain why I do it. Not that I care... It's just me own personal thingy,
and I don't look for any understanding among the people that surround me.
Perhaps with the exception of my girl friend, who might sometimes wonder why I
spend so much time in my working room.
But if I were asked, my explanation would probably be: I have a creative mind,
and if I am really interested in something, it's not enough for me to just
consume it, I feel the need to recreate something existing or to create
something new. Same thing as with music.
A less flattering but nevertheless true answer would be, that it's just a
leftover from my childhood, when I liked to reinvent not only languages, but
also maps, history, and people.

Jan

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"You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought,
wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that
happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great
comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe." --- J.
Michael Straczynski

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