On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 07:23:09PM +0000, Joe wrote:
> So, how about getting some statistics together on the list? I just
> thought I'd ask some questions largely unrelated to conlangs.
>
> 1)Where were you brought up?
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Columbia, Maryland, USA.
> 2)Where do you live, countrywise?
USA
> 3)What is your nationality, as you see it?
'Mercan
> 4)Where does your family come from?
Germany, German-via-Hungary, England, and who-knows-where
> 5)What colour is your hair?
Brown, according to Americans. I'm not sure what it would be
in French. Dark honey-color.
> 6)What colour are your eyes?
Blue
> 7)What colour is your skin?
Pink
> 8)Are you left or right handed?
Right
> 9)What is/are your mother tongue(s)
English
> 10)Are you fluent in any other languages? If so, which?
With a little warmup, could stumble through a basic conversation
in Russian or Japanese. Can almost follow future-grandmother-in-law
when she lapses into German.
> 11)Are you homosexual, heterosexual, or bisexual?
I don't actually think these categories apply well to most women,
concentrating as they do on the target of one's affections rather
than the situation. Which roughly translates to "bi".
> 12)What (non-)religion are you?
Atheist Pagan.
> 13)What denomination of that religion?
Tree-worshipper with history of Wiccan practice?
> 14) Finally, what is your favourite colour?
Purple! Or blue. Depends on whether I'm in the mood for garish
or subtle.
Amanda