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Re: A proposal to bring together the conlang communities

From:<li_sasxsek@...>
Date:Sunday, January 27, 2008, 1:40
> [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of Sai Emrys
> > Paper mail definitely feels more "real" to me these days, > and it's something > > I can browse while still paying attention to the toddler, a > present that > > arrives in the mail to brighten a rather boring > stay-at-home day, something > > pretty and permanent to pore over. I can get that in > lacemaking magazines > > (one of the advantages to a community with a very much > older average age > > than my own), and occasionally in a Tolkien-related > publication (must go > > order more), but not, of late, in general conlanging. > > Though I'm relatively young and raised on electronic forms of > communication and publishing, I fully agree.
I'm on the opposite side of that. I'd much prefer something electronic, but at least professional in appearance. Something downloadble in PDF format would be great. Then those that really need the paper version could just print it out. For me, paper items ultimately get tossed on the trash because I get sick of the clutter long before I get around to reading them. That is when the cats don't tear them up first. Hard disk space is much more plentiful and a lot more tidy.

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Sai Emrys <sai@...>
Amanda Babcock Furrow <langs@...>
David J. Peterson <dedalvs@...>