Yscreus il Stone Gordonssen:
>>In any event, what you do is a rare thing. So,
>>has tha met any conlangers in all these
>>conversations? Any startled looks followed by a
>>quick, blushing denial? ;))) If any one of has,
>>statistically speaking, it'd be you.
>Well, yes, a few, here and there - no more than 10. I was surpised
>when I first started looking at this list that none of them were/are
>on here.
>Reactions are varied, from "how boring" to "this is useful how?"
>to "wow, I thought only I did that" to "man, I've wanted to try
>doing that."
Excellent! Had I a hat, I'd tip to thee!
>Most whom I have met were not trained linguists.
Most of us are _not_ trained linguisticians.
>>I didn't say I cared what they think! I'm just
>>voicing the usual outcome of mentioning it to
>>others. Or of it being discovered by someone
>>looking over the shoulder!
>Interestingly, I've never had anyone make such a discovery by
>looking over
>my shoulder, even though I do work on mine using pen &
>paper. ::shrug::
I was caught doodling at work, when my partner said "is that your
language? Did you make it up?"
Put me in the barrel with the cat and the badger, and no mistake.
Padraic.