Re: CHAT: Newbie introduction
From: | Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> |
Date: | Monday, June 30, 2003, 9:25 |
En réponse à Apollo Hogan :
>Howdy all,
>
>I thought I would finally introduce myself, etc. to the list.
>I have been lurking for a while and occasionally butting in with
>comments, but thought it was time to formally introduce myself.
So I give you a formal welcome! ;)))
>I've put up a few pages with a couple of the conlangs I've worked on.
>So if you've nothing better to do, you can take a gander at them. I
>must admit to feeling a bit embarrased to call them con-languages, given
>the amazing conlangs I've seen by people on this list.
Don't be embarassed :)) : a conlang is a conlang is a conlang, whatever the
level of achievement you managed to reach :) . Most of my conlangs wouldn't
stand in comparison with many other people's ones.
> So I'll call
>them con-lang fragments or pieces. Each language is usually just a
>way to give a context to some idea or trick I wanted to try out in
>some language.
This is exactly the way I think of conlanging too. My conlangs are always
ways to try out some neat feature I just heard about ;))) .
Hehe, I'll make sure to read this page when I have some time (for now, I
bookmarked it :) ).
>I am not working very hard at this moment on conlanging (real life is
>getting in the way, as are other interests) and I'm busy, so I probably
>will still remain relatively silent on the list. But, I felt I should
>at least try to be as classy as the rest of the people on this list.
Hehe, just like me, I'm quite busy too :)) .
Anyway, welcome again!
Christophe Grandsire.
http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr
You need a straight mind to invent a twisted conlang.