Re: I'm new!
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, October 21, 2000, 5:24 |
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On Fri, 20 Oct 2000, Yoon Ha Lee 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>
Far from it. I was always fascinated by languages and their details,
nat, art, IAL, you name it, but I never tried to make up my own until
really recently, and even then I didn't get past a phonology and an
idea ("combine the good points of Chinese and Finnish").
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John Cowan cowan@ccil.org
One art/there is/no less/no more/All things/to do/with sparks/galore
--Douglas Hofstadter