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

From:BP Jonsson <bpj@...>
Date:Saturday, July 21, 2001, 17:22
At 19:45 2001-07-20 -0500, Andrew Chaney wrote:

>The most common reaction to my conlanging is "Why?" followed by relative >disinterest. But I guess my reputation as a geek is pretty well set already >anyway.
I have had the same experience. Oddly many people (including the mother of my son) find my interest in Tolkien's conlangs more acceptable than my own conlanging, even though I'm a certified geek in their eyes. /BP 8^)> -- B.Philip Jonsson mailto:bpX@netg.se (delete X) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~__ A h-ammen ledin i phith! \ \ __ ____ ____ _____________ ____ __ __ __ / / \ \/___ \\__ \ /___ _____/\ \\__ \\ \ \ \\ \ / / / / / / / \ / /Melroch\ \_/ // / / // / / / / /___/ /_ / /\ \ / /Melarokko\_ // /__/ // /__/ / /_________//_/ \_\/ /Eowine __ / / \___/\_\\___/\_\ Gwaedhvenn Angelmiel \ \______/ /a/ /_h-adar Merthol naun ~~~~~~~~~Kuinondil~~~\________/~~\__/~~~Noolendur~~~~~~ || Lenda lenda pellalenda pellatellenda kuivie aiya! || "A coincidence, as we say in Middle-Earth" (JRR Tolkien)

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