Local conlangcons (was Re: Yitzik and Basilius met in Kiev)

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From: Isaac Penzev <isaacp@...>

> this weekend, Basilius and me (Yitzik) had a bit spontaneous
> micro-conlangcon
On that topic, when was the last time we had any kind of discussion
about small, local conlangcons in
general?

If there's a selection of like-minded individuals within easy
travelling distance of central North
Carolina (either to or from, depending on where interested parties
are), I'd love to have some kind
of a day or half-day event. Technically, I suppose I could drive to
anywhere in mainland North
America, but that really makes a whole weekend of it. Possible, but
unpreferred.

> That was my first meeing with a conlanger IRL.
Ah, how I remember my first. And Rosta, Lars Henrik Mattiesen (from
whom I learned the difference
between /a/ and /&/), Fabian, and I strolled around London, taking in
Foyle's bookstore, the public
gallery at the British Library, and some less-academic locations
(including elevensies in a bistro
kind of place, lunch in Chinatown, drinks at a pub whose name I don't
recall, and dinner in a nearby
Caff). The Library were showing a variety of famous British lit at the
time, from Beowulf to
Shakespeare, and beyond. It was a true joy to gaze on page one of the
Nowell Codex, and IIRC an
original First Folio.

> We discussed (rather chaoticly) quite many topics of common interest.
That would seem to be the very definition of a conlangcon. I'm glad
you had a good time. I'm afraid I
can't offer much on the question posed in your post, since I have
tended to work straight from the
gut on a priori stuff. I'll have a think, though, and see what I can
come up with.




Paul

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