Re: Conlang-to-body-shape connections

From: "Jan van Steenbergen"

> Hehe. I'm "big and tall" too. 1.90m with some overweight. No bouncing.
> It seems that (among guys, at least) the tall ones are a vast majority
here.

I can still bounce on occasion. ;) I'm taking less medication and that's
helping.

> I used to be like that, but I have become remarkably (even boringly)
stable
> since I passed 30.
The medication made me so stable I was comatose. Couldn't get anything done
in my conlangs OR music!

> Hmm. Difficult question. I guess I should answer Tocharian, although
Polish is
> definitely the language that I know best and that inspires me most in my
> conlanging.
I LOVE Polish phonology. And it has some of those consonant clusters I love.
The Austin of my conworld, the tolerant, liberal bastion of the Texan
dystopia becomes a haven for religious and political dissenters (it already
is really), the way Poland became a safe place for Unitarians, Jews,
Muslims, Old Catholics and other groups. If the Russians and Germans weren't
occupying it.

I know precious little about Tocharian except it was IE, centum, and had
retroflexes and a-umlaut.