> I grew up in a blue collar family, and had two
> siblings. It was a family joke that my little sister
> was the Beauty, my little brother the Brawn, and
> myself the Brain. So when I started conlanging at a
> very early age, my parents just assumed it was
> something that brainy people did.
> Later on, my biological incubator (we don't get
> along anymore, because I'm gay and pagan and an
> abomination before the Lord), decided that making
> languages was Satan's version of glossolalia, and I
> wasn't allowed to do it. Of course, like all
> teenagers, I found plenty of ways to conlang without
> my mother ever knowing.
> Like Yoon Ha, I also have a lot of gamer friends,
> and a large number of pagan friends, so my conlangs
> have always been seen as neat things. There are quite
> a few Wiccans out there with craft names in one of my
> conlangs (Acuro, the hawk, from a Latinate conlang,
> for example). And lots, LOTS of rpg characters with
> names in my conlangs (Yuras, the bear, from the same
> conlang as above, as the name of a werebear cleric in
> AD&D - we always called him Your-ass. His player
> wasn't keen on the nickname! ;). In general, I'd say
> I've had pretty good experiences (my mother is the
> notable exception to just about everything in my
> life).
>
> Aidan
>
>
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