On 4/30/06, Chris Weimer <Christopher.M.Weimer@...> wrote:
> --- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Sai Emrys <sai@...> wrote:
> > * What physical area you would be able to attend (e.g.: Bay Area, East
> > Coast, West Coast, Anywhere US, Anywhere Europe, ...)
> Can we get Toronto? Hopefully 2007.
Yeah, Toronto!! Next year!
>
> > * What year(s) you could attend ('07 or '08)
> Depends on where you have it.
Either.
>
> > * What month(s) you could attend
> Same as above.
Ditto.
>
> > * How many days long you'd want (1, 2, or 3)
> The best conventions start on Friday afternoons and end early Sunday
> mornings, with the best sessions on Saturday.
Ditto again.
>
> > * How many people you could bring with you
> Heh, probably myself, my wife, perhaps my sister might come along for
> the ride.
Ditto again! Chris's wife and sister are good people. Oh, wait. Chris
would be bringing them, so I wouldn't need to.
Well, my wife would have zilch interest. Conceivably my son would
come, but more possibly one of his friends who is quite the young
linguist...I believe she'll be studying linguistics in her first year
at U of Toronto this coming year.
>
> > Most importantly:
> > **** What topics YOU can talk about
> Linguistics. General linguistics, and expansionistic conlangs.
Design versus discovery: linguistic architecture in auxlangs.
--or--
What makes a conlang cool?
--or (my favourite)--
Everybody-talk: accessible auxlangs.
>
> Godd luck on pulling this off! I really would like to come!
Me too! I'll bring my flag.
--larry sulky