On Monday, November 17, 2003, at 08:44 PM, J Y S Czhang wrote:
[snip]
> 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 :)
>
> Yep, I recall a few of us were there during the umpteenth Esperanto
> vs.
> Interlingua vs. Novial flame war. Cheekily, I brought up Tok Pisin * and
> China
> Coast pidgin
Why cheeky? Seems quite sensible to me (but maybe we shouldn't carry on
_this_
particular part of the thread on this list).
> and then I had to rapidly evac myself outta there as the bigtime
> Auxlanger flamethrowers suddenly zero'd in on me.
Ah, the days of the asbestos suit - happily mine is now gathering dust in
some forgotten corner :)
[snip]
>> 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.
>
> LOL. Likewise - believe it or not. If it is not both fun and cerebral,
> why do it?
Amen!
>> 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 :)
>
> True for most of us ;) But for some, it's replacin' one monkey (or
> more)
> with another. OCLD (Obsessive ConLanging Disorder) is one of the real
> hazards
> of our game ("The game is a-foot!...").
Heaven - and you guys on the list - preserve me from it!!
> Not gonna name anyone, but most of us who've been here for the past
> 2-3
> yrs. know of at least one conlanger who is most definitely OCLD-afflicted
> to
> point of seriously impaired health due to long prolonged periods of
> insomnia and
> lingua-mania (in which - one time - he posted to the list like every 20-30
> min.s).
I recall that now. Too much idle time, methinks. Help - I'd better be
careful
when I retire next year :)
Ray
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