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

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)

My father always says "Why don't you learn a *real* language instead of
making up your own?  Something that's actually *useful*?"  And my mom
rolls her eyes and makes funny faces.  My younger brother says I'm a
freak and my younger sister (who's almost four) says non-words and tells
me it's *her* language.  Also, my "German foreign exchange sister"
knows, and she thinks it's really cool.  When I first told her she asked
me about Esperanto and I told her I knew it a little bit but it's not
the same, and so she asked me how to say "I love you" so she could tell
her boyfriend about it.  The best understanding I've gotten about it is
from my boyfriend, because when I tell him things about grammar or
whatever new ideas I've gotten he listens and tries to understand...but
then he just makes a face and says "Ohhhh you're so cute!"
Exasperating, very.

Nicole