Re: OT-ish:Conlang Census

On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 19:23:09  0000 Joe <joe@...> wrote.
>So, how about getting some statistics together on the list?  I just
>thought I'd ask some questions largely unrelated to conlangs.
Yippee. Another census. As far as I know, it's been a while since the last
one.

>1)Where were you brought up?
A mixture of urban and semi-rural environs between the north and west of
London, England. I spent my teenaged years (give or take a year or two at
the beginning and end) at a Monday-to-Friday boarding school in Wendover,
Buckinghamshire. Until I moved to the USA three years ago, I spent a large
proportion of my weekends in High Wycombe.

>2)Where do you live, countrywise?
Garner, North Carolina, USA. Right on the Raleigh/Garner border, just off of
Hwy 401.

>3)What is your nationality, as you see it?
British Citizen, USA Green Card holder. I plan to naturalise in a couple of
years, and probably at some point convince my wife to apply for a British
passport, too.

>4)Where does your family come from?
North London, originally.

>5)What colour is your hair?
Red. Shoulder length. Worn tied back, almost exclusively.

>6)What colour are your eyes?
Blue/grey.

>7)What colour is your skin?
Medium-shade non-Mediterannean European.

>8)Are you left or right handed?
Right handed.

>9)What is/are your mother tongue(s)
English.

>10)Are you fluent in any other languages?  If so, which?
I graduated top of my class in German, but that was ten years ago (plus a
bit), and I haven't used it since.

>11)Are you homosexual, heterosexual, or bisexual?
I don't like to answer this question. It's open to all kinds of debate. I'm
currently in a monogamous heterosexual marriage.

>12)What (non-)religion are you?
Vaguely Protestant, with an overlay of large-vehicle Buddhist philosophy.
Not particularly devout, but I earnestly give thanks when appropriate, and
earnestly ask for help from time to time.

>13)What denomination of that religion?
See above.

>14) Finally, what is your favourite colour?
I have no idea. Uncorrected, as displayed on this screen, RGB 0.5, 0.75, 1
(0 <= n <= 1) is quite pleasant.

And, the answer to The Third Key Demographic(TM)? I have worn a goatee in
the past, but currently prefer a beard.

On the almost-as-often-asked "vice" question, I admit to nicotine (Camel
Turkish Gold, a cigar now and then, and the occasional flirtation with a
pipe), caffeine (coffee (a medium-roast Kona for preference), hot tea
(strong but milky Ceylon for preference), iced tea, Pepsi One and diet
Mountain Dew), and ethanol (Guinness, Jura, Talisker, Absolut).


Paul