Re: CHAT: poofs and yanks

On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, Andreas Johansson wrote:

> I think the common denominator is that we're all asocial ...
>
> Most people I know would, if told that I'm conlanging, tell me "Get a
> life!". Oh, wait, that ain't true - they're already telling me that, 'cos
> tho' I'm not telling 'em I'm conlanging, I happily admit that I spend lots
> of time reading books. Obviously, my social rating reaches new depths when I
> go on to say that I usually read SF, Fantasy, history, natural science and
> lingusitics.
Most people that I know *well* would say, "Neat!" or
"Interesting!"--because the people I know well are people to some extent
at least like the people on this list: friendly and interested in all
sorts of things.  Some of my *best* conversations with people I'd just
met, too, have been with fellow bookworms!

And I read SF/F, (military) history, science (mostly physics/astronomy),
linguistics, and God knows whatever else comes my way.

YHL