Re: CHAT: The profile of a conlanger

At 21:25 10/28/1999 -0600, you wrote:
>OOH!  There's an idea.  What kind of conlanger would each of the
>sixteen character types typically be?
>
>P or J -- J-types will probably have the organization and
>sticktoitiveness needed to actually finish and exhaustively describe
>their conlangs, but the J-type personality seems antithetical to
>things which are unconventional and whimsical, so in that way I'd
>expect more P's.  The J's that are there will be the ones that
>actually finish conlangs. :)
>
Not necessarily. The P-J distinction isn't set in stone. (Neither are any
of the others). Someone who used this test in his work told me that
people's types changed with what stage of life they were in, with students
more likely to be balanced exactly between the two extremes. Or, to use me
as an example. I'm definitely not-whimsical at work, but much more
whimsical at home, and whimsy is an important part of playing with Kelen.

ISTJ,
Sylvia

Sylvia Sotomayor
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