Re: CHAT: Boston miniconlangcon photos

Amanda Babcock wrote:
>On Sun, Nov 10, 2002 at 08:09:59PM -0500, John Cowan wrote:
>
> > You may have the same brain-wiring problem that I have: if I meet
>someone
> > that I see every day in the wrong context, the chances are excellent
> > that I won't recognize them,
>
>Hey, I wonder if this is another conlanger trait.  I've been known not to
>recognize a good friend *while I was in his dorm room talking to him*, just
>because he'd got a haircut!  (I thought I was looking at a stranger and
>talking to my friend, who I thought must have been standing around the
>corner.)
I tend to misidentify strangers as people I know; really embarassing to say
"hello, Sara!" to a girl I've never met and whose name is "Linda". Since I'm
aware of this, I sometimes over-compensate, and conclude that people I know
are strangers, which's embarassing when they say "Hello, Andreas!".

Speaking of hairstyles, there's a girl at Uni who'll every few months
comment on my nice, new hairstyle; utterly regardless of whether I've had my
hair cut or done anything else to it lately. She's also, once or trice,
remarked on a "new", flashy piece of clothing of mine, which's not merely
been months old but seen by her many times.

                                                    Andreas

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