Re: Launch button
| From: | Joe <joe@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, March 19, 2003, 17:56 |
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Isaac Penzev" <isaacp@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 3:05 AM
Subject: Re: Launch button
> Katav Mike Ellis:
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> > Can someone tell me how nat- or conlangs conjugate (or don't) the verb
as
> > it appears on a LAUNCH button?
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> This particular button in Russian uses a noun |pusk| related to the verb
> |(za)puskatj| 'to launch'. Some others use infinitives, e.g. |iskatj| for
> "serch".
If I was to make a(nother) language, with computers, I'd use the imperative.
After all, you are ordering the website to do something. Either that or the
first person future ("I will launch").
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