Re: Reactions to the secret vice (was: Steg's wonderful sig.)

Sally Caves wrote:
>
> Actually, academics within academia are like any group that has to
> pay attention to respected conventions.  Derelictions are punished.
> Achievements within the scope of the academic community are
> rewarded.  It depends on how much you want to (or can) stretch the
> envelope.  Hard row to hoe.  We'll see what they say in Texas.
I think grad students like Patrick are cut more slack than professors
like Sally.

Though... though...

I remember one time when I was having dinner with the other two
members of my medieval Latin class (grad-level) and the professor, and
I mentioned having been in another town recently, and when they asked
me what I was doing there, I somewhat reluctantly mentioned that I was
attending a Society for Creative Anachronism event...

From the looks I got, I would have done better to say I was there
attending a Livestock Molester's Convention.

I suspect the same principle holds with conlanging, though I hadn't
heard of conlanging yet back when I was in grad school.

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