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Re: Presentation on Language Creation

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Tuesday, October 1, 2002, 11:50
En réponse à bnathyuw <bnathyuw@...>:

> > possibly the main thing that seems to be that it's > impossible to generalise >
Is there any place where it's possible?
> conlangers aren't all geeks ( either meaning ), but > some may be proud to be thought of that way > conlangers don't all have concultures, but some have > very rich ones > conlangers don't all like adventure gaming, but some > do > conlangers aren't all compulsive pedants, but some are > conlangers don't all know too much about languages ( > arguably ) for their own good, but some do > conlangers aren't all gay left-handed lithuanians, but > i forget whether some are
You forgot "bearded". It's all about gay bearded left-handed Lithuanians (my God! I fill three of the four criteria! ;))) ).
> conlangers aren't all obsessive listmakers, but some > are >
Conlangers aren't all always-repliers, but some are ;))) . I think you can simply sum this list up saying: conlangers are like any other people, and can be found among any people. Christophe. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr Take your life as a movie: do not let anybody else play the leading role.