Re: I'm back, sort of
| From: | J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, September 24, 2003, 8:02 |
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In a message dated 2003:09:24 01:08:02 AM, isidora@ZAMORA.COM quotes Padraic
Brown & writes:
>>Actually, what's worse than the Spanish errors I
>>make are the Kerno errors I make. That's kind of
>>scarry, when you can do your conlang good enough
>>that you're making native-level mistakes! :S
>
>You're right, that is kind of scary :-)
IMHO it's a mark of a very good conlanger (or, more precisely, a
mangalanger...)
thus should not be viewed with alarm but rather joyous elation ;) for you
have hit the elusive Conlang-Inspired Madness Zone (CiMZ), mwahahaha...
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