Re: CHAT: Conlanging couples
| From: | Kala Tunu <kalatunu@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, May 23, 2002, 6:46 |
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i think this is an important issue because a lot of us have or will share their
life with a "non-conlanger". i rarely tell my friends that i conlang but always
tell a prospective g/f and make it sure she fully understands what it is and
feels comfortable with it. i've never come accross neither reaction like "you
didn't look insane, though" nor "how nice, my own language is Shmolinian from
Voydzic alternate-history on planet Barzag". i can remember Boudewijn and Irina
in London suggesting to me that meeting a conlanger is it--but wasn't their
piece of advice biased ;-) anyhoo, if the proportion of female/male conlangers
on this list reflects that of the population of conlangers in the world,
shouldn' we fear that conlanging couples would endanger our species with
inbreeding and monomania? <g> however, i do wonder whether problems with a
non-conlanger spouse aren't due to arise at some point anyway and how to deal
with them. the conlang FAQS don't share this kind of experience.
"H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh@...> wrote:
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On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 06:04:23PM -0400, John Cowan wrote:
> And Rosta scripsit:
> > How unusual to have a consort who shares the Vice. We have the Rempts
> > but I cannot think of any other instances.
[snip]
So far, among *my* acquaintances IRL, the Vice has been singularly
regarded as ... well, a vice :-) The reactions have mostly been, "yeah
that's just like you" to "what on earth for?! don't you have anything
better to do?" to "uhh... yeah, O.K. ..." to plain "I'm not very impressed
about your toy 'language'..."
I think if any eligible spinster comes my way who also has the Vice, that
might well be a deciding moment :-)
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Mathias
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