Yeah. Yeah, I am.
However, I am rapidly filling up journals and I think languages have been an abiding interest of mine for a long time. My first word was in Korea: 먹어/eat! I went to preschool in Japan (in Japanese) had German neighbors at my British primary (elementary) school, studied Klingon in middle school and went to high school in Korea. There I learned lots of Chinese characters, studied Latin and French and took etymology classes at a college. At university, I studied Ancient Greek, computer languages and took several linguistics classes. I've taught myself Hebrew (I'm in a formal class now) and studied Na'vi pretty rigorously. I'm a very language-minded person.
The thing that tipped me over the edge has been the Conlangery Podcast. They hit upon topics that make me read several dozen Wikipedia pages each. I supposed I am very old-school and too Whorfian in my approach to language creation. I am presently interesting in what linguistics can tell us about the human mind and the nature of reality. I really like having my mind blown. I hope I can elucidate some topics for random, Google-searching passers-by!
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