Re: CHAT: The profile of a conlanger

Paul Bennett <Paul.Bennett@...> wrote:
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> 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.
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> http://www.keirsey.com/cgi-bin/keirsey/newkts.cgi
>
> This classifies "temprament types" into 16 groups, ...
    Well, I took it and came out an ISTJ.  I read the description of what
I'm therefore supposed to be like, and while I probably fit it more than =
the
average person, I probably don't fit it more than 15/16 of the =
population.

> ... the "profile of an average conlanger" ... went a little like this:
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> male
> non-hetrosexual
> left-handed
> goatee-wearing
> dark-haired
    myself:
male
heterosexual
right handed
full bearded
a mixture of dark brown and white hairs in roughly equal proportion (with=
 a
 few that decided to turn blond instead of white)

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             Dennis Paul Himes    <>    dennis@himes.connix.com
             homepage: http://www.connix.com/~dennis/dennis.htm
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Disclaimer: "True, I talk of dreams; which are the children of an idle
brain, begot of nothing but vain fantasy; which is as thin of substance =
as
the air."                      - Romeo & Juliet, Act I Scene iv Verse =
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