Re: CHAT: Profile of a Conlanger

On Fri, 14 May 1999, list James E. Hopkins wrote:

> I was originally inspired by Zamenhof.  I thought if he could create a
> language as a young man so could I!  I had from an early age (12yrs) been
> interested in natlangs (mostly Russian and French).  When I learned Esperanto
> I tried a couple of times to create my own language without success.  Then,
> through the net I discovered that many others had done the same.  Nothing
> much impressed me though until I came across Tony Harris' ALURIC.  I got
> re-inspired and figured that I COULD create a language after all.  So I
> gathered up all my old disparate notes and got to it.
>
        This mirrors my experience, except I was first inspired by Tolkien
(Esperantor came later).  One of the first things I did when I first got
on the internet was join the TolkLang list, from which I found out about
the Conlang list (which has proven to be much more interesting).  Finding
other conlangs on the web was very exciting -- Gregory Higley's Inda was
what first inspired me to compile my Doraya stuff into a web-accessible
grammar.  (Incidentally, does anyone know what happened to Gregory Higley
or Inda?)

Adam
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