Re: fresh meat <-------

Christopher carter wrote:

> I just joined this mailing list and I cannot believe the
> community I found.
>
> <CUT>
>
> I just wanted to say that I am in love with this new thing i discovered.
> And some of you people crack me up.  (e.g. Maarten)
Well, I guess this is the list with the shortest newbie period I have ever
been on. I only started posting  a couple of weeks ago myself, and I am
already being quoted. And I don't even participate in the semi-deep,
semi-funny sig-thing.

Oops, now I have insulted some more people :-(

Well, Christopher, welcome to the online conlang community. It is the first
time I am saying this to a new guy, so now I can consider myself officially
"not new anymore" (which is not the same as "already old").

Question: I noticed that people whose names start with "Christ-" are
generally considered to be friendly, outgoing people, who invite
co-conlangers at their houses (the Grandsire variety) and tell them how
funny they are (the Carter-type). Is this just so in  Dutch, or are their
other natlangs where this happens as well? How about in people's conlangs?

Maarten

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