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Re: CHAT: Steg's wonderful .sig (and a question)

From:Grandsire, C.A. <grandsir@...>
Date:Wednesday, November 10, 1999, 9:53
Sally Caves wrote:
> > Grandsire, C.A. wrote: > > > > Daniel Seriff wrote: > > > > > > Steg Belsky wrote: > > > > > > > "Old linguists never die - they just come to voiceless stops." > > > > > > Steg, this quote made my day! My fiancee didn't appreciate it nearly as > > > much as I did. She thinks I'm a nerd. > > > > > > Speaking of which, does anyone else run into this kind of attitude from > > > your loved ones? Mind you, she doesn't think I should stop conlanging, > > > she just lovingly teases me about my super-nerdy hobby. ;) (no offense > > > if someone on the list doesn't yet realize just how nerdy we all are) > > > > > > > It's a kind > > of "compulsive" behaviour I think. Do others among you have also this > > kind of behaviour? > > And besides, just to add to my previous comment, once we've come home > from > our jobs, taken care of our loved ones and paid our taxes, why not do > the thing that gives you joy? If that's compulsion, then I'll be > damned. >
See my previous post responding about it. I was referring only to *my* behaviour and nothing else. Of course I agree with you on what you're saying, which is nearly exactly what my boyfriend told to me also. Again, I'm sorry if I was unclear. -- Christophe Grandsire Philips Research Laboratories -- Building WB 145 Prof. Holstlaan 4 5656 AA Eindhoven The Netherlands Phone: +31-40-27-45006 E-mail: grandsir@natlab.research.philips.com