Re: Conlanging evangelism (was: Re: Conlang Books - ASP & CL101)

Hallo!

On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 18:25:31 +0200, Henrik Theiling wrote:

> Hi!
>
> Jörg Rhiemeier writes:
> >...
> > The only conlangers I know are those I learned to know in Internet
> > conlanging and world building fora.  None of my real-life friends
> > show a particular interest in conlanging, and my brother outright
> > detests it.  (My parents don't know; I ceased informing them on
> > my world building and related activities long ago because they
> > didn't approve of that kind of geekery.)
> >...
>
> Intesting, since my parents did appreciate most of my hobbies, however
> strange it must have been to them.  E.g. I marked my room door with a
> sign ,Henrik' written in Fukhian and they did not make me feel that
> this was particularly strange.  I suppose I was lucky.
My parents (especially my mother; my father never really cared)
always wanted me to do things that were "normal" for a boy, such as
playing football.  They were utterly uninterested in my fictional
worlds and stuff, though they never tried to stop me either.

Greetings,

Jörg.

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