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

From:David Peterson <digitalscream@...>
Date:Friday, December 14, 2001, 19:12
In a message dated 12/14/01 9:30:11 AM, Chris and faceloran@JUNO.COM write:

<< I was enthralled.  Not necessarily by all the topics.  (No offense, but a
non-Tolkien-fan can only read about elvish but so much.)  I haven't felt
this much like I all of a sudden fit in since I came out.  [stands]  "My
name is Chris.  I am a conlanger."  [the crowd] "HI CHRIS!"
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I'm afraid that Tolkien is something of a role model for a fistful of us
(a guess). He was the most famous conlanger. (Zamenhof was an auxlanger,
and he wasn't very good at making language.) >>

    Don't worry, Chris; you'll find a handful of non-Tolkienites too.  ;)
Welcome!

-David

"Zi hiwejnat zodZaraDatsi pat Zi mirejsat dZaCajani sUlo."
"The future's uncertain and the end is always near."
                --Jim Morrison