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Mental/psych problems (was: Suprafixes)

From:Ray Brown <ray.brown@...>
Date:Monday, November 17, 2003, 6:39
On Sunday, November 16, 2003, at 05:02 AM, J Y S Czhang wrote:


> But the hardcore auxlangers didn't like mentions of either pidgins or > "naturalism" - guess they are "control-freaks."
There were a couple us, at least, there once upon a time. But, like you, we left :)
>> At least, I don't care yet. I may have a nervous breakdown somewhere >> along >> the way. ;-) > > LOL! One of the risks of conlanging... a good number of us here have > mental/psych problems and take meds for 'em... (or should) ...
The thing to do is not to take it seriously. That was one of the problems on Auxlang: they all seemed take their favored IALs way too seriously IMHO. The experience was, however, salutary. I regard my BrSc project very much the same way as I regard a demanding crossword or Latin Prose Composition when I was at school - it's an intellectual exercise. Seen that way, it's an excellent antidote the stresses of so-called 'real life' - it stops the mental/psych problems dead in their tracks! Vivat Conlang :) Ray =============================================== http://home.freeuk.com/ray.brown ray.brown@freeuk.com (home) raymond.brown@kingston-college.ac.uk (work) ===============================================