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Re: CHAT: YAC: or more exactly: yet another conlang sketch

From:daniel andreasson <daniel.andreasson@...>
Date:Saturday, November 11, 2000, 18:43
Robert Hailman wrote:

> > I don't know really. I'll have to think more about this. Then I'll > > post it on Conculture. If I dare. I'll probably get so many questions > > regarding the culture that I won't have time to do anything else.
> Yeah, that can happen. I still want to know, though. Keep that in mind.
> > I have the problem that I often talk before I think. So I often > > come up with theories that I haven't really thought through. The > > funny thing is that they almost always are proven wrong. This is > > actually good. If I come up with a theory, I know that it is the > > exact opposite theory that is the correct one. ;-)
> At least you're consistent - whenever I come up with a theory, it's half > right and half wrong, so if I take the opposite it'll be about the same.
LOL! :) You know, my theory has problems with it too. Since it's a theory of mine, it should be wrong, and thus its exact opposite. But in that case all my theories would be correct. Arrghs! My theory is a paradox! :-)
> Evidently. I'm probably going to end up studying linguistics, too.
At dinner with my class and the profs yesterday I got the feeling that they wanted us all to become PhD students, but at the same time they talked about the lousy job opportunities and how hard it was to become a PhD student. Perhaps they just want to confuse us.
> > I did, as you saw. Hope you enjoyed at least that part. We'll see > > when the rest gets webified. Not too soon if I don't go no-mail, > > which I won't.
> Yeah, I liked what I read. Feel free to take your mind getting it > webified, I'll read it when you do.
Okelidokeli. daniel