Age of Conlangers (was Re: Introduction; need advice)

I think I am.  I joined when I was in eighth grade, but now I'm a freshman.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: James Landau 
  To: CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu 
  Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 6:31 PM
  Subject: Re: Introduction; need advice


 In a message dated 12/17/2002 7:24:09 PM Pacific Standard Time,
funkymonkey1148@PRODIGY.NET writes:



    Hey Cool!
    I thought I was the only high schooler on the list (and an admitted lurker).
    I'm also a junior and also in NC.  I just observe mostly because I lack the
    extensive (or apparently extensive) linguistic background of many of the
    participants of this list.  I've had a number of languages...probably over a
    dozen, though only a few I've worked on extensively.

    As your body grows bigger...your mind grows flowers...it's great to learn,
    'cause KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!!!
    -Greg
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Quentin Read" <quonton79@...>
    To: <CONLANG@...>
    Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 7:54 PM
    Subject: Introduction; need advice


    > Hi, I'd like to introduce myself to this group. My
    > name is Quentin Read and I am a junior in highschool.


 I put Kankonian together and introduced it for the Net to see while I was in
high school. I thought I had to be the youngest person in the conlang
directory's Net at the time (Kankonian was officially declared "has been
invented" in 1997). I spoke with David Dynes, creator of Merdian/Sulekhï, over
the mail; he turned out to still be in high school too. Maybe David Dynes is
still around and active on the Net, if not an actual member of this list. Well,
I guess I'm certainly not the youngest person in the online conlanging
community anymore.

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