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Re: Words for "Death"

From:Muke Tever <muke@...>
Date:Thursday, August 7, 2003, 17:02
From: "Arthaey Angosii" <arthaey@...>
> >(1) more than one word for the phenomenon we call ''death'' > >(2) no equivalent for the English word ''death'' > > > >Re: (1), we are not thinking of joking, euphemistic or substandard > >substitutes for the ''serious'' word for death.
Well, for English and many other language there's a widespread distinction between "die" and "be killed" ... that is, death with or without an agent to cause it. Outside of that, I havnt any conlang examples :p *Muke! -- http://frath.net/