Re: Láadan

Zesefde Sally Caves  <scaves@...> ta 2002.12.07. her 15:59:02 -5h:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andreas Johansson" <and_yo@...>
>
> > Sally Caves wrote:
> > As
> > for the desinformation bit, I'd think the uses are obvious; rewrite
> history
> > an a way more flattering to the powers that be, impress your subjects with
> > your invincibility and induce hatred of enemis internal or external.
> >
> >                                                              Andreas
>
> Yes, and this has been done since time immemorial.  Okay.
And is being done now with the new generation too, day after day. *sigh*
Especially here in Hungary with that ridiculous bunch of politicians that have been called back.

> And the other question, that gets frequently circulated on CONLANG, is the
> usual: why are there at least four times more men on CONLANG than women?  I
> see Amanda, I see Heather (a new name for me--great!), Irina is writing her
> novel, I think;  but popping my head in after a year I see a great number of
> new names of male conlangers.  Welcome!  But where are the gals?  (Some of
> these names, granted, are foreign to me, and I'm unsure of gender.  Mau, for
> instance).
I am a woman, or better say a girl (Mau Rauser is a Long Wer name meaning 'Cat, Sun-power').
And I think a lot of woman and teen (at least here in my school and among friends) lives only
for the guys, friends and family; they even don't attempt to do something intellectual, something
that they are interested in beyond present or future work.

They say (or think) to/about me: "You're an idiot. Why do you do that? Why do you write,
create names and places never heard before; why are these 'abstract' things important to you?"
Or if it impresses them they just can say "Ooh you're so curious... how/why do you do that?"
But none of them says "Hey it is so cool! I wanna do it too."

--
Mau
Ábrahám Zsófia alias Mau Rauszer
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"Yú lawe ta mau yibali taqe yamissi qi u neb dagu tawiy iq." -- Kipling

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