Re: Speaker Relative Adjectives

On Mon, 15 Feb 1999, dunn patrick w wrote:

> On Mon, 15 Feb 1999, vardi wrote:
>
> > Perhaps the conculture, or conpoliticalscenario, might be a kind of
> > cultural relativism gone crazy? Then people might indeed need a word for
> > "blue, relative to my perception, but without implying that I'm
> > establishing some norms for what blue is for someone else."
> >
> > Or there again perhaps not.
>
> Ever read hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy?  "IF I were qualified to make
> a statement in regards to weather, and if my perceptions were accurate, I
> might assume, in the face of the evidence available, that it seemed to be
> raining, but then again, I could be wrong."  ;)
>
> I'd bet a language with such relative adjectives would have a *pile* of
> subjective cases.  I wouldn't know what you'd call them, though.
subjunctive.  Subjunctive.  Gods, my brain is turning to jelly.

--Pat