Re: Is conlang a generator of conlangers? or a sustainer? (was: Oops!)

Sally,

You wrote this (among other things):

>are almost all of us conlangers because
>we caught the virus independently, or are there a growing number of
>conlangers who have been inspired to create because they joined the
list?

I can remember beginning to create my own language when I was very
young.  Two of the few words I made translations for were _girl_ and
_stupid_.  Because I can remember what two girls I decided to first
speak my language two (Can you guess what I said?), I must have been ten
or eleven at the time.  That was long before I had Internet access.

(Incidentally, IIRC, the language basically replaced English words with
new words, but I did have adjectives follow nouns, as in Spanish.  Oh,
and the few words I translated would be priceless to me now, if only I
could find them.)

I should add that after joining this list, I have received many valuable
suggestions for improving my current project, _Yibrisitoj_.  I'm also
considering reviving the language of the bizarre Dystopian culture.

>how much was Tolkien an influence on your decision to
>invent a language?
He has had no direct influence on me.  I have not read any of his books,
and I have not taken the time to study his languages.  The only conlang
I've studied in depth has been Esperanto, and that was long after my
first attempt at making a conlang.

Pharamond

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28.35 grams of prevention is worth 0.45 kilograms of cure.


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