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Re: The nature of birds and conlangs

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Friday, June 25, 1999, 2:27
John Cowan wrote:
> C: In the night the lark worships the stars > C: At night the lark prays to the stars; > C: The stars come out - and the songbird worships the dome [of stars]. > C: And the lark worships the sky at twilight. > C: And the Lark worships the sky in the evening.
[snip]
> C: praises for night-sky in throat of lark > C: When the songbird glorifies the Even Star, > C: Songbird glorifies night star
[snip]
> C: This song-bird shall speak of the night's awesome stars
Interesting how "worship at night" mutated to "worship in the evening", and then back to night, and how stars came to be sky, and then stars again! --=20 Flibatisklumakapak=EDtas-ku http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Conlang/W.html http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html ICQ #: 18656696 AIM screen-name: NikTailor