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OT forgotten conlangs (was Re: ADMIN: more archives available!)

From:Roger Mills <romilly@...>
Date:Thursday, May 15, 2003, 22:00
Christophe wrote:
> En réponse à Thomas Leigh : >
but I have no recollection of ever creating a language
> >called "Thia" at all! > > Welcome to the club Thomas! Do you remember my talking about notes I had > found about a conlang that I *had* to have invented (since the notes were > written with my handwriting) but that I had absolutely *no* memory of
doing
> so? :))
This is happening to me, too, as the weather warms up and I begin to sort through boxes and boxes of stuff in my shed (all packed up in 1990). Books I didn't know I had. Class notes from the 70s (out they go!). Long-forgotten wordlists from Indonesia, and notebooks full of ramblings, including some very early Kash, assorted scripts, etc. etc. A fascinating but time-consuming job, since I have to read everythng before deciding whether to chuck it. I'm a terrible pack-rat, and my sister has nightmares about me dying suddently, and who will deal with all this stuff..........?