Re: Has anyone made a real conlang?

--- Andrew Nowicki <andrew@...> wrote:

>
> I went paperless some 20 years ago. I still use a
> printer to
> print paper documents, but I never make any notes on
> paper.
I do virtually all my work on paper. I have notebooks
of every size and shape.

My largest language project has a dictionary of a few
thousand words, handwritten and listed in the conlang
syllabary order. I have to admit it would be easier to
look things up on the computer, but I never get past
putting a few hundred in the database before I decide
that I'd rather thumb through my old, worn notebook.

> I hate paper books -- they take up too much room and
> it is
> difficult to find info when I need it.
You can't scribble in the margins of a digital book. I
love the feel of a book in my hand. You can stuff it
in a bag, leave it under the seat of your car in the
summer heat, and read it in the bathtub.

I print every long document I intend to read. Is it
not painful to other people to read from a screen for
long periods of time?

> Paper faxes
> are
> sometimes illegible -- emails are much better. Two
I've never gotten a fax in my whole life, but I do
like the feel of a friend's letter in my

> Are there any advantages of scribbling on paper?
It's cheap. It fits in my purse. For those of us who
are more tactile oriented, there's the whole feeling
of a good pen on good paper. That feeling is
delicious.

To each their own, but there are the thoughts of
someone in the opposite camp.

M.S.S.

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