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Re: Simple translation exercise?

From:Wesley Parish <wes.parish@...>
Date:Sunday, June 15, 2003, 9:56
LOL!  Well, even if there's only one crocuta crocuta -style species among the
mammals, I think we've started to even the score, at least fictiously.

Way to go, Bro!

Wesley Parish

On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 10:39, you wrote:
> ['wEsli r\oUt]: > > The word |liyhita| - "midwife" translates "Queen", but then Lakhabrech > > are > > a > > > matriarchy - with women about 6 foot plus, and men about 5 and a half > > feet plus, a la crocuta crocuta (spotted hyena) - so I figured it all > > came out even. > > Finally someone after my own tastes. The Mocteno are a matriarchy too, or > at least a matri- something. Most of the grammar is based on their idea > of female superiority, and they derive their masculine gender from the > inanimate one of the protolanguage. ;-) I'm so mean. I couldn't get away > with it if I weren't a man myself. > > Jake
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