Re: An Ill Bethisad thought
| From: | J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, June 27, 2002, 18:00 |
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In a message dated 06/26/2002 10.58.56 PM, the Computer-Frazzled Christophe
Grandsire quotes Steg and writes:
>En réponse à Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>:
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>> Hmm... you know how different languages have different numbers of
>> "here/there/yonder" "esta/esa/aquella" etc. gradations? Imagine a
>> conlang with a level used for alternate realities, where |here| and
>> |*here*| are different lexical items...
>
>I've been thinking of adding it to Maggel. Now I need to find a way to
>explain the presence of such an item...
First thought upon reading this that came into my mind here is a
possibility for an one-word alternative to using "once upon a time..."
Hanuman Zhang
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