Re: New to the list

On 5/17/06, David J. Peterson <dedalvs@...> wrote:
> Carsten wrote:
> <<
> ... which is also an in-joke here. The stereotype conlanger is said
> to have
> a goatee, to be left-handed, to be gay and Lithuanian (for some
> reason) ;-)
>  >>
>
> Oh, entailed in this is that the stereotypical conlanger is male (i.e.,
> not a bearded female).
>
> Incidentally, when we did that survey, what was the percentage
> of female conlangers on the list?  I remember it was much higher
> than expected.  I suppose it was also surprising that everyone on
> the list turned out to be at least part Lithuanian, but, well, who
> isn't at least part Lithuanian nowadays...?
I think the "Lithuanian" bit was added as a joke
in mid-2002,

http://listserv.brown.edu/archives/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0210A&L=CONLANG&D=0&I=-3&P=1863

http://listserv.brown.edu/archives/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0207E&L=CONLANG&P=R186&D=0&I=-3

http://listserv.brown.edu/archives/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0203B&L=CONLANG&P=R20569&D=0&I=-3

but the survey showing an actual prevalence of
gays, left-handed persons, and guys with beards
was apparently earlier than the brown.edu
listserv archives.  Mia Soderquist alludes to it
in this 2001 message:

http://listserv.brown.edu/archives/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9907B&L=CONLANG&P=R1584&D=0&I=-3

--
Jim Henry
http://www.pobox.com/~jimhenry

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