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Re: first member from India

From:Stone Gordonssen <stonegordonssen@...>
Date:Tuesday, June 10, 2003, 3:07
> > > Conlangs are not popular here in America, > > > either. I've never met anybody in > > > my entire life who was interested in > > > languages or conlangs either. > >That's true, on the surface. But ask thyself >this: how many of the people you meet do you >broach the topic with? I'd bet money that the >answer is close to zero. Point being, it may >well be more common than we think; but we don't >know cos our Kinsey hasn't come along yet.
I approach 90% or so in my case, and have all of my life. No one who knows me even remotely does not know that I do natlangs and conlangs.
>'Sperience! Quite a few of us have broached the >subject at one time or another. Usually the >response is noncommital to mild amusement. Just >one more weird thing I get up to! I've never >had anyone say "cor, I do that too!"
Ah, one of the pluses to being over 40 and not caring what anyone else really thinks of me anymore. _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail