ZBB Census 2013

[Nesescosac]

Basics
Username: Nesescosac (that's Tonkawa for "I sign")
Name: Anaïs
Other nicknames: I was once Aeetlrcreejl, and still am elsewhere.
Birthplace: Austin, TX
Place of residence: Chicago, IL
Occupation: Uni student

Identity
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
Relationship: In one
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: Bengali
Religion: Nope
Politics: left, but not The Left™

Measurements
Age: 18
Height: 157 cm
Weight: 53 kg
Shoe size: 8
Blood type: B+
Handedness: left (same with feet, eyes, etc. so I might actually be a member of The Left™)

Languages
Native language(s): English, Bengali
Other languages: German, Latin, Finnish, ASL, Tibetan, French, Spanish, and Russian are languages I can say quite a bit in. Other languages, like Quechua and Yucatec, are shakier.
Your conlangs: Lààre, Ljəʔ mur, Neviat, 14:11:8, unnamed con-signlang

Favourites: 1 each!
Favourite colour: Turquoise
Favourite food: Khachapuri
Favourite drink: Vodka
Favourite sport: Cricket
Favourite movie: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Favourite game: Katamari Damacy

Extra credit
Name one interesting talent you have: I can throat-sing.
Your favourite pun: My friend posted this on his Facebook, and it was so stupid that I couldn't stop laughing:
"Apparently the ISO 639-3 code for Sumerian is "sux". I guess I won't learn it, then."

[----]

Basics
Username: Theta
Name: Trey
Other nicknames: I've got loads of different ones. I usually make my username the word for a particular flower or animal in whatever language I'm learning about when I sign up for the website.
Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia
Place of residence: Athens, Georgia
Occupation: None, but I really need one, pls hire

Identity
Gender: Male (maybe. let's just go with that for convenience)
Sexuality: gay
Relationship: ;-;
Nationality: U.S.
Ethnicity: white
Religion: Atheist
Politics: Down with capitalism

Measurements
Age: 18
Height: 5'6
Weight: Dunno, I've lost a lot recently so maybe around 120?
Shoe size: 11
Blood type: O-
Handedness: right

Languages
Native language(s): English
Other languages: I'm not "fluent" in any others per se, but I'm pretty good at German, and I've learned a ton of Yoruba over the last few months. Also small bits of like 30 other languages.
Your conlangs: Taahu, Hooteihen, Tuyuk, and an a posteriori Sinitic language that I work on every once in a while.

Favourites: 1 each!
Favourite language: I could never choose <3
Favourite colour: Light blue really speaks to me
Favourite food: See "favorite language"
Favourite drink: water, unless you think that's boring. In that case, orange juice
Favourite game: currently it's Cookie Clicker. I'm not too far from 2 billion cookies per second!

Extra credit
Name one interesting talent you have: I'm really good at math.
Your favourite pun: Better Nate than lever

[Particles the Greek]

Basics
Username: araceli
Name: Araceli, which may surprise you
Other nicknames: Nats (don't ask)
Birthplace: Rockall, United Kingdom
Place of residence: ditto
Occupation: none yet

Identity
Gender: go on, have a guess
Sexuality: I like women
Relationship: yes
Nationality: British
Ethnicity: British (despite the name)
Religion: None
Politics: Somewhere left of the USA

Measurements
Age: 21, thank you very much
Height: 165cm
Weight: none of your business
Shoe size: dunno
Blood type: dunno
Handedness: right

Languages
Native language(s): English
Other languages: none, alas
Your conlangs: several

Favourites: 1 each!
Favourite language: Icelandic
Favourite colour: black
Favourite food: sauerkraut
Favourite drink: apple juice
Favourite sport: I HATE SPORT!!!
Favourite book: The Fifth Sorceress
Favourite movie: Dungeons and Dragons
Favourite game: Draughts

Extra credit
Name one interesting talent you have: I can recite the alphabet backwards without thinking about it
Your favourite pun: Apple Corps

[tiramisu]

It feels like myspace all over again! Avoiding homework to take a survey nobody cares to read!

Basics
Username: Zayk
Other nicknames: Zeikan, Gúmmíkjúklingur
Birthplace: Michigan
Place of residence: Chicago
Occupation: Student (Professional?)

Identity
Gender: M
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: Palestinian, American
Religion: Eastern Orthodox Christian
Politics: Jesus Christ the King

Measurements
Age: 23
Height: 5'10
Weight: 135

Languages
Native language(s): English
Other languages: Arabic, Hebrew; reading knowledge in others
Your conlangs: Seqel, Marshlandic, Tlalyso

Favourites: 1 each!
Favourite language: Arabic, Icelandic
Favourite colour: Green
Favourite food: Musakhkhan; Ethiopian; Indian
Favourite drink: Water
Favourite sport: Football
Favourite book: 1984
Favourite movie: Children of Men
Favourite game: Civ 4

[R.Rusanov]

Politics

Oh boy

[Radius Solis]

Out of twenty-two who have given their ages thus far, I'm getting a mean ZBB age of 24 and a median of 23.

[Ser]

yes raydius your geting old gett over itt

[Generally_Illiterate]

I only manage to work up the courage to post about once a month, but I'm doing this anyway. Maybe I'll start posting more.


Basics
Username:
Name: It's uninteresting
Other nicknames: None
Birthplace: NSW, Australia
Place of residence: Ditto
Occupation: Full time learner

Identity
Gender: M
Sexuality: Somewhere between straight and bi. I feel like I'm too young to know for sure.
Relationship: Nah
Nationality: Australian
Ethnicity: Eastern European/Scottish
Religion: causes too many arguments. I choose to sit out
Politics: Whichever side isn't Australia's current government.

Measurements
Age (bracket): 15-20
Height: 180
Weight: around 50
Shoe size: they say 11. I don't know which system that is.
Blood type: I wish I knew
Handedness: Right

Languages
Native language(s): Australian English
Other languages: I've tried to learn: French, German, and Mandarin
Your conlangs: none that are proper enough to be mentioned

Favourites: 1 each!
Favourite language: I really want to learn Icelandic.
Favourite colour: green
Favourite food: Probably pierogi/varenyky
Favourite drink: Hot chocolate
Favourite sport: Long distance running
Favourite book: No clue
Favourite movie: No clue
Favourite game: Civ 5 at the moment

Extra credit
Name one interesting talent you have: I can play bassoon?
Your favourite pun: No clue

[ObsequiousNewt]

Sexuality: Sympathosexual

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[prettydragoon]

I am an accountant, and consequently too boring to be of interest.

Basics
Username: prettydragoon
Name:
Other nicknames:
Birthplace: Helsinki FI
Place of residence: Helsinki FI
Occupation: accountant

Identity
Gender: female
Sexuality: bi
Relationship: yes
Nationality: Finnish
Ethnicity: Finnish
Religion: Lutheran
Politics: moderate

Measurements
Age: celebrated my 24th birthday this summer
Height: 170
Weight: could stand to lose some
Shoe size: 41
Blood type: red
Handedness: levo right

Languages
Native language(s): Finnish
Other languages: English, Swedish, German, Hindi, some phrases in many others
Your conlangs: Rireinutire

Favourites: 1 each!
Favourite language: Umm... English
Favourite colour: blue
Favourite food: liver casserole
Favourite drink: free booze
Favourite sport: SCA hardsuit fighting
Favourite book: Lord of the Rings
Favourite movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
Favourite game: Clichequest

Extra credit
Name one interesting talent you have: I'm a decent shot with an assault rifle.
Your favourite pun: I am Judge Judy and executioner.

[Pogostick Man]

Basics
Username: Linguifex
Name: ÷–
Other nicknames: —
Birthplace: Cleveland
Place of residence: Oklahoma
Occupation: Student

Identity
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Relationship: Never been in one
Nationality: 'Murrican
Ethnicity: More Slavic (mostly Polish) than anything else
Religion: Looking into Lutheranism (LCMS) at the moment
Politics: Some blend of conservatism, libertarianism, and minarchism

Measurements
Age: 22
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: ~200 lbs.
Shoe size: 13
Blood type: I want to say A+ but I'm not totally sure…
Handedness: Right

Languages
Native language(s): English
Other languages: In descending order of perceived ability: Arabic, French, Latin, Klingon, Turkish
Your conlangs: Çuvvakkoçim, Tsols Oswahe, Ngade n Tim Ar, Banagarinimo, Cùstìn Khòn Kõskhõjnas Khòn, Sísơk Tlar Canà, Proto-T1 (sort of), Teyetáti, unnamed Macro-Anatolionesian language, Tkeḏ, 2012-'13 Akana Relay Team 2 protolang, descendants of the aforesaid, Er Àcá Teleuál, Proto-Macro-Zingjoese, Proto-Tlusa, descendants of the aforesaid, Proto-Ñá̛r Tôlè̛r Canà, Awâr, Kgáweq’, some stuff for a friend's project (some of these aren't much more than a phonology and bits of grammar and/or lexical entries)

Favourites: 1 each!
Favourite language: Arabic
Favourite colour: Black or red, not sure.
Favourite food: Grandmother's mashed potatoes
Favourite drink: Non-alcoholic'd have to be Coca-Cola
Favourite sport: Not a big sports fan (or player, for that matter). I was somewhat good at floor hockey back in school though.
Favourite book: The Prefect, by Alastair Reynolds
Favourite movie: TRON: Legacy maybe?
Favourite game: Happy Wheels, if only for the sheer hilarity and exaggeration

Extra credit
Name one interesting talent you have: Saying the wrong thing at the wrong time
Your favourite pun: Don't really have one, but I'm prolific at making them.

[Torco]

Out of twenty-two who have given their ages thus far, I'm getting a mean ZBB age of 24 and a median of 23.

I don't remember it being much lower at the other times it has been measured... a few of those times are a nontrivial number of years in the past.

[Halian]

Basics
Username: Halian
Name: Do not wish to respond
Other nicknames: None
Birthplace: High Point
Place of residence: Central Florida
Occupation: Unemployed

Identity
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Straight
Relationship: None
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: White
Religion: De jure Catholic, de facto agnostic
Politics: Center-left libertarian

Measurements
Age: 19
Height: 6'1"
Weight: Fat
Shoe size: 14?
Blood type: B-?
Handedness: Right

Languages
Native language(s): English
Other languages: None
Your conlangs: Proto-Xylphika

Favourites: 1 each!
Favourite language: Unknown
Favourite colour: Steel blue
Favourite food: General Tso's chicken
Favourite drink: Smart Watermelon (a soft drink from China)
Favourite sport: Baseball
Favourite book: Unknown
Favourite movie: Back to the Future Part II
Favourite game: System Shock 2

Extra credit
Name one interesting talent you have: None
Your favourite pun: None

[Lyhoko Leaci]

Basics
Username: Lyhoko Leaci [ˈɾjoːko ˈlɛʔaʧɪ]
Name: Michael
Other nicknames: Leech10
Birthplace: Piqua Ohio
Place of residence: currently Dayton Ohio
Occupation: student

Identity
Gender: male
Sexuality: straight... or maybe bisexual or asexual...
Relationship: none
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: some random mix of north and west European
Religion: agnostic
Politics: some form of left

Measurements
Age: 23
Height: 5 foot 6 ish?
Weight: around 140 pounds
Shoe size: US 10
Blood type: O something
Handedness: right

Languages
Native language(s): English
Other languages: some German
Your conlangs: mainly Zukish, Myonian and Ancaron

Favourites: 1 each!
Favourite language: Japanese?
Favourite colour: green
Favourite food: pizza
Favourite drink: apple juice
Favourite sport: soccer/football?
Favourite book: Harry Potter
Favourite movie: Star Wars?
Favourite game: Touhou?

Extra credit
Name one interesting talent you have: can't think of anything
Your favourite pun:[/quote] Sirius / serious?

[Herra Ratatoskr]

I'll take a whack at this...
Basics
Username: Herra Ratatoskr
Name: Warren
Other nicknames: Wardog
Birthplace: Oakland, CA
Place of residence: Lee's Summit, MO
Occupation: Web Developer

Identity
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Hetero (in theory, at least)
Relationship: Single
Nationality: American/Australian
Ethnicity: White (Irish/German)
Religion: Quaker, with a deistic outlook
Politics: What would be considered a social democrat in areas where they're a thing.

Measurements
Age: 29
Height: 6'
Weight: 220 lb
Shoe size: 10 1/2
Blood type: Red?
Handedness: Right

Languages
Native language(s): English
Other languages: Spanish, German, Old English, smidge of West Frisian and Dutch
Your conlangs: West Saxon

Favourites: 1 each!
Favourite language: German
Favourite colour: Cobalt Blue
Favourite food: Mom's Tuna Casserole
Favourite drink: Vanilla Milkshake, with extra vanilla
Favourite sport: Gridiron Football
Favourite book: Sword at Sunset by Rosemary Sutcliff
Favourite movie:The Adventures of Robin Hood
Favourite game: Betrayal at the House on the Hill

Extra credit
Name one interesting talent you have: I can wiggle my ears, and wiggle my right ear independent of my left ear.
Your favourite pun: Too many to count; I love real groaners. You might say I'm a glutton for pun-ishment

[Arzena]

Basics
Username: Arzena
Birthplace: California
Place of residence: alternates between California, Texas, and Morocco
Occupation: student

Identity
Gender: cis male
Sexuality: gay
Relationship: dating
Nationality: Murcan
Ethnicity: white
Religion: Endajué and strong agnosticism
Politics: American left

Measurements
Age: 21
Height: 5' 8''
Weight: 150
Blood type: O
Handedness: mostly right, comfortable with left for some activities

Languages
Native language(s): American (Californian) English
Other languages: Arabic (MSA, Egyptian, Moroccan) and Spanish are the languages I can communicate in. I can read some Latin and I know smatterings of words and phrases from other languages
Your conlangs: Empotle7á, Neirre Wippwo, Shtåså (Akanalangs); Vezurian, Ardinorian, Leneian (largest of my unpublished langs)

Favourites: 1 each!
Favourite language:
Favourite colour: red
Favourite food: Moroccan couscous
Favourite drink: French 75
Favourite book: The Forever War
Favourite movie: The Fall
Favourite game: Mass Effect franchise

Extra credit
Name one interesting talent you have: I play the violin
Your favourite pun: A steak pun is a rare medium well done

[ol bofosh]

Oh, go one then...

Basics
Username: Ol Bofosh
Other nicknames: Treegod, Walhaz
Birthplace: Brighton, England
Place of residence: Catalonia, Spain
Occupation: art, nature conservation, (eco)psychological studies

Identity
Gender: M
Sexuality: hetero
Relationship: Yep
Nationality: British
Ethnicity: English with some Scottish and Irish. Distant German (Hanoverian) connection and probably Welsh, i.e. common Anglo-mongrel
Religion: Druid
Politics: Green and left-leaning, ish.

Measurements
Age: 32
Height: 5' 8"
Weight: 74 kg
Shoe size: 43 eur
Blood type: A+
Handedness: Left for writing, but ambidextrous when it comes to tools.

Languages
Native language(s): English
Other languages: Semi-fluent Spanish; familiar with French and Catalan (f**king too many Romlangz), wish I had more Scottish Gaelic.
Your conlangs: Gnoughish, Alahithian, and various ideas (mudlang, psychlang, ecolang)

Favourites: 1 each!
Favourite language: Scottish Gaelic
Favourite colour: green, usually
Favourite food: Sgetti Bolognaizy
Favourite drink: tea
Favourite sport: dunno
Favourite book: dunno, I LOVE THEM AAAAAALLL
Favourite movie: Willow

Extra credit
Name one interesting talent you have: I can wiggle my eyebrows at superfast speed
Your favourite pun: dunno[/quote]

[Jipí]

Height: 1.73 m
Weight: 74 kg

I fixed that for you.

[Zontas]

Basics
Username: Zontas
Name: Marty
Other nicknames: Helios, Xados/ Umega/ Ojo/ Lantern/ Izzard/ OLIXU, Wiolos
Birthplace: Greenbelt, United States
Place of residence: Hyattsville, United States
Occupation: Unemployed

Identity
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Kinsey-2
Relationship: Single
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: Jewish
Religion: Agnostic-4
Politics: Leftist

Measurements
Age: 18
Height: 6'0"/ 183 cm
Weight: 169lbs/ 76.7 kg
Shoe size: 12/2
Blood type: B+
Handedness: Right

Languages
Native language(s): English
Other languages: Scots, Old English, some Yiddish, very little Spanish, French, Japanese, Hebrew, German
Your conlangs: n/a

Favorites: 1 Each!
Favourite language: Thieves' Cant
Favourite colour: (Ocean) Blue
Favourite food: Half-Done Pickles
Favourite drink: 1% Skim Milk
Favourite sport: Dodgeball
Favourite book: Useless Book Of Information
Favourite movie: Fantastic Planet
Favourite game: El Shaddai: Ascension Of The Metatron

Extra Credit
Name one interesting talent you have: Acting
Your favourite pun: Big Pun (R.I.P. 1971-2000)

[ol bofosh]

Height: 1.73 m
Weight: 74 kg

I fixed that for you.

I'll fix it even more...

Height: 5' 8"
Weight: 11st 9lbs

[Jipí]

Height: 5' 8"
Weight: 11st 9lbs

Brits. *shakeshead*

[Izambri]

Lemme try it in Catalanesque...

Height: 9 pams
Weight: 7 arroves i 2 quarterons

[kodé]

Basics
Username: kodé
Name: Peter/Ara
Birthplace: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Place of residence: Glendale, California, USA (a suburb of Los Angeles)
Occupation: PhD student

Identity
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Straight
Relationship: Married
Nationality: American (try and stop us!)
Ethnicity: Armenian
Religion: Presbyterian Perennialist
Politics: Various, somewhat Leftist, but with a soft spot for Tradition

Measurements
Age: 27
Height: 5'11" (~178?)
Weight: 245-ish (~110-ish?)
Shoe size: 13 American (= big)
Blood type: No idea
Handedness: Right

Languages
Native language(s): American English
Other languages: Semi-proficient: Western Armenian, Spanish; Can translate with a lexicon: Latin, Ancient Greek; Bits and Pieces (in no apparent order): French, Italian, German, Mandarin, Saisiyat, Chukchansi Yokuts
Your conlangs: Snr; Various other projects (right now I've been working on Mutant Spanish, or Fanyó)

Favourites: 1 each!
I don't really have favorites of anything

Extra credit
Your favourite pun: again, no favorite, but I do enjoy a good pun in general

[Pressed Bunson]

Basics
Username: Pressed Bunson
Name: Susan
Other nicknames:
Birthplace: Ohio
Place of residence: also Ohio
Occupation: none so far (besides high school student)

Identity
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Straight, possibly asexual (not sure yet)
Relationship: Single
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Religion: Protestant Christian
Politics: undecided

Measurements
Age: 15
Height: 4'1"/~150 cm
Weight: 108 lbs/~49 kg
Shoe size: 5
Blood type: dunno
Handedness: Right-handed

Languages
Native language(s): English
Other languages: Spanish, ASL, Latin
Your conlangs: Ihuyu (in its infancy)

Favourites: 1 each!
Favourite language: Spanish
Favourite colour: green
Favourite food: apple pie
Favourite drink: milk
Favourite sport: any martial art
Favourite book: Erm... Flowers For Algernon?
Favourite movie: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Favourite game: The World Ends With You

Extra credit
Name one interesting talent you have: I'm a black belt.
Your favourite pun: He who forgets the pasta is doomed to reheat it.

[makvas]

Basics
Username: JCD
Name/Nickname: You can call me Jules or JCD
Birthplace: USA
Place of residence: Southern California
Occupation: Cultist

Identity
Gender: M
Religion: TCAHOB

Other languages:
Your conlangs: Makvilad

That's really all you need to know.