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Re: Men vs Women on Conlang

From:Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
Date:Thursday, December 12, 2002, 17:17
Camilla wrote:
>Christophe Grandsire wrote: >>If we are to add people who are not on the list, we just need to include >>the >>grandgrandmother of us all, Hildegarde of Bingen :)) . After all, it's >>quite >>striking that for a hobby/craft/art which is apparently so masculine the >>very >>first known conlanger in History is a woman!! :)))) > >same as with programming, as a matter of fact, namely Lady Ada Lovelace. > >another supposedly "male" field, which was originated by a woman *smiles*
If irony indeed is one of the guiding principles of the universe, someone will shortly be informing us that the first bloody-handed warlord known to history was female too. Andreas _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

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