Re: Learning your own conlang (was Re: Now that I have it . . .)

On 4 Dec 2001, at 19:35, Yoon Ha Lee wrote:

> >         The absolute best way to learn your own language, though, is
> > to combine the "write a primer" approach with "teach a friend."  A
> > friend of mine thinks Vaior is very cool, but he's not linguistically
> > trained at all, so I get very pointed questions about usage, etc.
> > This really gets you thinking about how the language works, and
> > deepens your own understanding.
>
> I like that a lot.  :-)  If only I had a friend who were that interested.
> :-p  Perhaps a conlang "student/teacher" exchange?
In theory there's a student-teacher exchange on the net at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Conlangs_in_use , but I very much doubt
there's much of a chance of finding a real world person to teach. I
just get strange looks when I say something in my own language. :o)
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