You know you're a language nerd when…

[arthaey]

When you can't let an offhand forum joke go and so you spend the rest of your evening inventing a language based on the "word" snfcwsbñefuawbáffmúiebfwaf. (Thanks for the inspiration, Serpent! )

[Serpent]

When someone creates a conlang based on your keymash

[Iversen]

Methinks Arthaey ended up with a polysynthetic language where n and s are treated as semivowels?

[arthaey]

Now with random word/sentence generator! (Warning: extremely long IPA strings abound...)

Methinks Arthaey ended up with a polysynthetic language where n and s are treated as semivowels?

Youthinks correctly. It ended up being a very "hissy" language (which Serpent pointed out is quite appropriate) because all voiceless fricatives can be syllable nuclei (as can all nasals & liquids).

[daegga]

So it's basically Georgian?

[arthaey]

When you research Georgian, a language you have no intention of learning, just so you can answer a questions comparing it to a conlang you invented.

So it's basically Georgian?

Based on Wikipedia & WALS, it looks like my conlang has more vowels and fewer consonants, with a different word order, and even more agglutination that Georgian. But they do share the "scary-looking consonant cluster" trait!

[Teango]

When you manage to sneak Bantu click languages into your lesson plan!

[Iversen]

When you fondly remember from your first Georgia visit that you stood outside the Jvari church and looked across the Mtkvari river (or was it the Aragvi?) to the Svetitskhoveli church in the town Mtskheta, named after a holy cross or something, and you thought that trying to pronounce those names was half the fun of being there. Actually it was before my resurgent language learning craze, but that didn't stop me from discussing the claimed parallels between Kartvelian languages and the dialect bundle known as Basque with our guide. I even learned the Georgian alphabet for the occasion, but alas, I have forgotten it again.

[garyb]

When your therapist says you should try to go out and meet more people with similar interests as it would help you be happier, and one of their suggestions is... attending a language class. You appreciate the idea but reject it because of the drawbacks of classes compared to self-study and one-to-one lessons.

[tomgosse]

... when you spend all morning thinking of witty things to post on this subject.