Re: CHAT: The profile of a conlanger

Well, here's the message that caused me to rant...

On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Ed Heil wrote:

> I rather than E because conlanging is fairly internal.  If you do get
> an E, then they're probably intent on using the conlang in a story or
> roleplaying game rahter than just creating it for its own sake.
Most things I do fit I rather than E - roleplaying is also mostly an
I pursuit. There's some truth in that, however - the language is part
of the world, though the *world* exists for its own sake (running
roleplaying games in it and writing stories about it is secondary).

> T or F -- Another close call.  T-type conlangers will be into it
> because they like building elegant abstract language structures;
> F-type conlangers will be into it to write poetry.
Both, for me. I think I ought to be T, but every time I take the test
I come out F... I like building elegant *concrete* language
structures. Grammar can also be poetry for me.

> The J's that are there will be the ones that
> actually finish conlangs. :)
I *know* that Valdyan will never be finished :-)

   Irina


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