--- In conlang@y..., Christian Thalmann <cinga@G...>
wrote:
> --- In conlang@y..., Stephen DeGrace
<stevedegrace@Y...> wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the link, but I think the best thing is
not
> > to take Ms Gunn seriously or argue with her
directly
> > in any case, the page could have been whipped up
to
> > create a "cover" in approximately five minutes,
it's
> > nothing but a few links.
>
> It might be more difficult to "whip up" a book about
modern
> celtic language... ;-)
>
>
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/189908200X/102-6517529-0502533
>
> A Google search for "Marion Gunn" yields 871 hits.
The majority
> of those pages appear to be linked to Celtic
languages, or are
> written in Gaelic, or contain her e-mail address.
>
> It find it much more likely for Marion Gunn to be a
real Celtic
> linguist with a fascistoid prejudice against
conlanging than a
> freak who spends his life setting up an elaborate
building of
> fictional identities just to troll us.
>
> Her post on Gaelic-L certainly qualifies as trolling
(in the
> sense of "triggering a flamewar"), but to infer that
she is doing
> that as a full time job with long-term purposes in
mind strikes me
> as paranoid.
Oh wow, she's real!
Actually, I was proposing hobbyism :P. that _is_ a bit
much. On the plus side, it _might_ be possible to
reason with her then, although I don't recommend it...
better still to play to the list...
> > I would avoid being tempted
> > into any form of personal engagement with Ms.
Gunn, or
> > buying into an artistically evolving cover story,
> > where she could reel you in and try and set you
off
> > again,
>
> You know, there *are* treatments for the milder
forms of paranoia
> nowadays. =P
::twitches::
> -- Christian Thalmann
>
>
> PS: We've pretty much beaten this topic to death by
now. I suggest
> we drop it, lest we cook up more troll food.
OK... :)
Stephen
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