Re: "Coming out" about conlanging to people in Academia

> > Has anyone ever gotten a good response from others (who didn't
> conlang)
> > about this kind of thing?
>
> My strangest response was "Wow, I wish I was smart enough to do
> something
> like that!"  ... I didn't quite know how to take that one. ;)
That's almost exactly the response I've gotten from several people, along
with "I don't even know how to speak English."  That always bugs me--of
*course* you know how to speak English, or else you wouldn't be
understanding me.

Jesse S. Bangs     Pelíran
jaspax @juno.com
"There is enough light for those that desire only to see, and enough
darkness for those of a contrary disposition."  --Blaise Pascal