Re: Negative Words

I do the same a lot...might be from my days in Alaska (which would
explain something).  There seemed an unwritten rule that if we have
nothing to say, we should say nothing, and that even if we have
something to say, we should get to the point as quickly as possible.
I don't, for example, have much if any problem reading Adams's emails.

On 6/6/06, Adam Walker <carrajena@...> wrote:
> Michael, have you ever been diagnosed with a
> particular communication disorder?  You say you're a
> native speaker of English but your messages are next
> to incomprehensible, and have been for all the years
> you've been on this list.  I don't want to be tacky.
> I just think that you might be able to get some kind
> of help that would make your life easier and you
> interactions with others more fruitful.
>
> Adam
>
> --- Michael Adams <abrigon@...> wrote:
>
> > Negative words, like hate, anger, racism, as well as
> > ones that
> > define race/ethnic/relgious in a negative way.
> >
> > Hypothesist
> >
> > Mental spell checker going on/off line at times.
> >
> > I know for one of my conlangs, everything is based
> > on the
> > relation to the speaker...
> >
> > Up/Down/Left/Right
> > Life, Dead, Not Living
> > Action/Thing
> >
> > and like things, from emotions, a negative emotion
> > might be
> > emotion-negative and .. not sure.
> >
> > Mike
> >
>
>
> Debostu indagud ul Erodu segredimindi cuamandu uls magus pera ul tembu djil
> aparechuni djal steja,
> 8 ed remichud sis ad Betuemi, dichindu: «Cumvi avinedis iju indagadi
> djudjindimindi djal credura, ed cumvi discuvredis si dadi mivi saberi pera fi
> ia ju ed adori ju sivi magari.»
>
> Machu 2:7-8
>

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