>From: czHANg <FengXing-czHANg@...>
>Reply-To: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...>
>To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
>Subject: Re: I'm new!
>Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 21:49:14 -0700
>
>On Fri, 20 Oct 2000 23:48:25 -0400, YHL wrote:
>
>
> > Am I the only person who *didn't* start conlanging in earnest (as
>opposed
> > to the pathetic 6th grade semi-French-rune-English attempt that doesnt'
> > count) before the age of 20? <pulling a face>
>
> You are not alone. I started playing with language quite young,
>but only
>got into ConLanging after a disasterous flirtation with IALs (Int'l
>Auxiliary Languages) that ended just last year.
>
> >
> > YHL, looking around virtually at all the brilliant people out there
>
> And I am not really up to speed on a lot of linguistic terminology
>or
>concepts, I fear... hence the little or no feedback to my postings on my
>conlang Viivo or any requests for info on polyglot dictionaries... probably
>stuck my stupid foot too far in some "smarter" peeps' faces...
>
> sorta OBCONLANG: I am gonna start learning ASL (Amerslan, American
>Sign
>Language). Perhaps even get certified as an interpreter. I am already
>making
>notes on my 2nd conlang, based on ASL-like topic-comment syntax with a
>polyglot lexicon. As of yet un-named... sorta like a name like _Ling_...or
>_Lila_
>
> czHANg
>
>"Before the beginning of great brilliance, there must be chaos. Before a
>brilliant person begins something great, they must look foolish to the
>crowd."
>- from the _I Ching_
>
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