Re: Martian conlangs?

Quoting Sally Caves <scaves@...>:
> Yes.  In the dreary Marina Yaguello, Les Fous du langage, a.k.a.
> _Lunatic
> Lovers of Language_.  She assigns it the status of a "female" invented
> language.  I.e., "expressive" and "hysteric."  As opposed to the
> "male"
> invented language of Nicolas Marr whom she despises, I.e., "analytical"
> and
> idiotic.
While I don't necessarily agree, I think I know why she'd consider "hysteric" a
feminine and "analytical" a masculine trait. But how is being "expressive"
feminine, and does she really consider "idiotic" a masculine trait?

                                                              Andreas

PS Of course, "idiotically analytical" is not to far off the mark to describe
boys who atomize things "just to see how it works". :-)

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