Re: CHAT: The profile of a conlanger

On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Paul Bennett wrote:

> I don't know how much credence y'all might give this kind of thing, but I'm
> interested in the "meta" of conglanging, as measured in as many ways.
>
> http://www.keirsey.com/cgi-bin/keirsey/newkts.cgi
Well, I tend to give that kind of thing about as much credence as
astrology, which I guess makes me 'thinking', but I'm very attracted
to the mystery of the Orthodox liturgy, too, which arguably argues
against 'thinking'.  I'm a shy extravert, I like to solve problems
by grokking them, which makes me Intuitive, but I am tempted to cut
through the fluff, which appears to argue for Sensing. As for the
others, I am quite able to score both poles in all tests ;-)

>
> male
> non-hetrosexual
> left-handed
> goatee-wearing
> dark-haired
>
Well, I'm a male, heterosexual, left-handed, bare-chinned, light-haired
conlanger - I know that some people wouldn't have guessed that from
my work :-). I've never much seen in the often-suggested connection
between either left-handedness or homosexuality and creativity,
though, and I view conlanging as a primarily creative pursuit.

Boudewijn Rempt  | http://denden.conlang.org/~bsarempt