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Re: CHAT: Profile of a Conlanger

From:J. Barefoot <lesfraises@...>
Date:Friday, May 14, 1999, 1:20
>Subject: Re: Profile of a Conlanger >Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 19:39:54 -0400
>I'm wondering how many people here started conlanging spontaneously, and >how >many got the idea from existing conlangers, like me (whether those were >conlangers here on the web, or well-known ones like Tolkien and Okrand). >
I had heard about Esperanto and Tolkein and Okrand, but I think I was in the shower when I suddenly thought, "Hey, I think I WILL make that language! Yeah, why not a whole grammar and vocabulary? I'm certainly capable of moving beyond a few irregular, clipped phrases!" When I started my first language, the thought never occured to me that other people did this because it was fun, not for a book or world peace or money. I thought I had really lost it. It was only after I "finished" my first attempt that I found out other people did this. Wow, was I floored. I thought it would be an isolated incident, but when I found out that not only was I not crazy but that there were lots of other people doing this too, I was hooked. Does that count as spontaneous? Well, it was semi-spontaneous. Jennifer Barefoot _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com