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Re: Naive fluent speaker of one's conlang?

From:ROGER MILLS <rfmilly@...>
Date:Wednesday, June 18, 2008, 2:20
Jim Henry wrote:
> >> I have been searching through my mail archives without success for an > >> anecdote someone told about a conlanger not active on this list (he > >> may be on ZBB); my best recollection is that he was described as a > >> naive fluent speaker of his conlang, i.e. he speaks it fluently but > >> can't explain how it works. I am not sure it was not Tony Harris >..... >
But what I was thinking of was definitely
>someone with a personal conlang they'd become fluent in but couldn't >fully describe or analyze. >
I dimly recall Sally Caves mentioning/introducing such a person, who subsequently joined the list for a while. This would have been maybe 6-7 years ago. Perhaps if you search for Sally's msgs from some years back. I seem to recall he was a Prot. minister in the Iowa/Minnesota area. But I could be mixed up................

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Jim Henry <jimhenry1973@...>