----- Original Message -----
From: "Andreas Johansson" <andjo@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 12:41 PM
Subject: Conlang-to-body-shape connections
> I'm afraid I'm unable to extract much amusing info from the data I got on
> peoples heights, weights and conlang preferences. This is, presumably
mostly
> due to the low number of respondents and the disparate descriptions of
their
> conlang preferences; the theory can't possibly be wrong!
>
> Big people apparently tend to stick accusative languages, with shorter and
> thinner ones being more in favour of active ones and similar odd stuff.
And
> VSO is unreasonably popular.
>
> The short-people-are-more-prone-to-bounce theory seems to hold water.
>
> Andreas
>
> PS: FYI, I'm ~1.87, weighs ~68kg, tends to accusative languages, and
prefer
> SVO or SOV syntax. I've got a tendency to leap over things rather than
walking
> around them, but do not otherwise consider myself particularly bouncy.
>
I'm ~1.79, about ~60kg, randomly alternate between ergative and accusative,
and prefer VSO syntax. I jump over stuff, but not randomly.