Re: JG's list of conlangs

I received to a mail from Janko yesterday, replied, but he did not write
back. I gave him the numbers.

Nikhil
>"Jan van Steenbergen" <ijzeren_jan@...> likis:

> --- James Worlton skrzypszy:
>
> >> What is the purpose behind this list?
> >>
> >> If appropriate, should replies be made to the
> >> List or privately to this Janko person?
> >
> > A few weeks ago he emailed people off-list asking
> > for the numbers 1-10 in their conlang(s). Some people
> > replied and never heard from him again. I replied and
> > did hear from him again, and he has sent a few requests
> > that I forward to the list.
> > (He is not subscribed--he apparently goes thru the
> > archives on Yahoo at a public library wherever he lives.)
> > His purpose for collecting the numbers is just that--
> > collecting. I posted on this a few weeks ago, so it's
> > in the archives.
>
> Well, I haven't received anything from him (yet). Should I feel insulted?
;)
>
> As for the motivation behind such a collection: why not? Why do people
> conlang at all? To me, collecting numbers seems at least as natural as
> collecting stamps or coins. As a matter of fact, I am collecting numbers
> too, as some of you might have noticed. IMO, numbers are among the most
> elementary things in human speech, and they give away a lot about the
> character of a language. My earliest recollections of linguistic interest
> were all connected to numbers, long before I could even read or write.
> Since then, I have been collecting. When I discovered Mark Rosenfelder's
> numbers page, I was happy to find out that I was not the only one. So why
> wouldn't Janko Gorenc have been bitten by the same bug? Based on what I
> have read, I don't see any reason to assume that he is not genuine in his
> motivations.
>
> If he wants, Janko can get all the stuff I have.
>
> Jan
>