Re: CHAT: The profile of a conlanger

Paul Bennett wrote:
>
> This classifies "temprament types" into 16 groups, and though this kind of
> labelling can easily be denigrated, IMO it might be at the very least fun to see
> if we can add another trait to the "profile of an average conlanger" that was
> apparently arrived at a while ago.  Lars mentioned it when we were in London,
> and IIRC it went a little like this:
>
> male
> non-hetrosexual
> left-handed
> goatee-wearing
> dark-haired
I think that we'd have to have that discussion all over again
now, since I think it represented the general likely traits of
conlangers subscribed to CONLANG at that particular time. The
demographics may have shifted.

>
> Anyone who wants to share their results is encouraged to, either publicly or
> privately.  I turn out to be INTP, apparently, which I interpret as meaning I
> ought to be an auxlanger instead of an artlanger.  My earliest conlang efforts
> were auxlangs, I suppose, so there may be something in it after all...
>
> Paul
I am an INFP according to this particular version of the test.
Same as always.
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