Re: "Coming out" about conlanging to people in Academia
| From: | BP Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, July 21, 2001, 17:22 |
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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^)>
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