Re: first member from India
From: | Costentmn Cornomorus <elemtilas@...> |
Date: | Tuesday, June 10, 2003, 3:22 |
yscreus l' Ystone Gordonssen:
> >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.
>
> I approach 90% or so in my case, and have all
> of my life.
Wow. Tha's a one-in-a-million, friend! [Er,
perhaps a "one-in-508" is closer to the mark! ;)]
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.
> >Quite a few of us have broached the
> >subject at one time or another. Usually the
> >response is noncommital to mild amusement.
> Ah, one of the pluses to being over 40 and not
> caring what anyone else really thinks of me
> anymore.
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!
Padraic.
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