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Re: Comparison of philosophical languages

From:Shreyas Sampat <ssampat@...>
Date:Wednesday, January 22, 2003, 2:51
> > There are only 180 root words in Ygyde, not enough > > to define God, heaven, hell, and baptism. From the > > linguistic point of view these words are not very > > important, because they are not very common.
Second objection: It is often the least common words that hold the most information. You don't hear "slay" a lot (unless you're watching UPN), but when you do, you get a lot more information than if your interlocutor said "kill". --- Shreyas Sampat