Re: Lurkers

Dan Sulani wrote:

> Apparently the cousin had needed to be with him, and so had
> travelled the long distance and had come to visit. But it
> wasn't conversation he had needed, but simply to feel his
> cousin's presence. Having satisfied himself on that account,
> he had had no more need to be with his cousin and so he had left.
Marvellous story!

The best thing I've heard in a long long time. It's so true.
Myself, I just got back from France and Spain where I've been
last week on vacation. But I didn't want to miss anything
on this list so I didn't go nomail. Now I have 467 unread mails
just from this list. Isn't it great!? Going through 467 conlang
mails tonight! Happy happy joy joy! :)
If anyone has replied to a posting of mine and I haven't replied,
this is why. Sorry. I'll reply as soon as I can.

This list takes up a large (but very welcome!) part of my life
even though I don't post that much. It almost feels like I know
all you guys even though I've only read e-mails from you. But I
guess reading hundreds or even thousands of messages from a person
- even if they aren't to me personally - tells me something about
him or her.

Daniel

PS. On my flight back from Barcelona I discovered the joys of
inchoatives and causatives. I've also been bitten by the French
bug (from the days in Perpignan and surroundings), so I might
end up with nasal vowels in Rinya after all. This Easter's gonna
be The Conlang Easter. :) DS.