Re: me and my languages

James Campbell wrote:
>Robert Hailman eskrë »
>
>> Actually, my birthday is in November. You'd think I'd know that by now.
>>
>> ObConlang/Conculture: Are the speakers of your conlang inclined to the
>> kind of stupidity I've just demonstrated?
>
>The Jameltses find it quite endearing. After all, they have as their
>national folk hero Jorthel, the most accident-prone and absentminded knight
>that ever was. Harmless, gentle stupidity is regarded as beneficial to a
>fully rounded-out character, and in most cases it does not detract from
>one's usefulness to society.

I think the Kash would go along with this, too.  What really bugs them is
people who act superior in some way, who do not respect one's "personal
space".  This  may (fortuitously,on my part) have to do with their being
telepathic, thus very protective of mental and by extension
physical/personal privacy (there is a lot of etiquette involved in such
communication).  It also no doubt has to do with the decline and fall of the
old class system.  Former, or would-be, aristocrats are only grudgingly
respected.