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

From:Hawksinger <hawksinger@...>
Date:Thursday, October 8, 1998, 5:22
Sally Caves wrote:

> My other question: how much was Tolkien an influence on your decision to > invent a language? I'm made curious by your story, Christophe, since
My impression has long been that there are 3 main external avenues to conlanging; Tolkien, Heinlein's Speedtalk, and Sapir-Whorf's Linguistic Relativity. Tolkien had no influence on me to speak of because by the time I had read him, I had already created my 1st conlang and the basis of Nova had been worked out. On the other hand, Heinlein and Sapir- Whorf were both very important to me (and still are although I give less credence to either). Just my 2 cents, -- Brad Coon hawksinger@fwi.com http://www.fortunecity.com/rivendell/everquest/624 My Conlang and Conculture pages http://www.ipfw.indiana.edu/east1/coon/web/index.htm Most of my pages including my home page http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Gorge/7264 My Outdoor and Primitive Skills Pages http://members.tripod.com/~Hawksinger My wine pages. "Life without adventure is merely existance."--Hawksinger