Re: OT: Corpses,etc. (was: Re: Gender in conlangs (was: Re: Umlauts (was Re:Elves and Ill Bethisad)))
| From: | Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, November 9, 2003, 3:32 |
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--- Tristan McLeay <zsau@...> wrote:
> On Sat, 8 Nov 2003, Nik Taylor wrote:
> > The Kassii have long since realized that
> > eclipses are merely a matter of
> > shadows, since they have two suns, and thus,
> > even when one sun's light
> > is blocked, the other sun is still reflecting
> > off the moon. Plus, very
> > rarely, one moon will pass in front of
> > another, or cast a shadow on another.
> >
> > Total *solar* eclipses are unknown to the
> > Kassii, since neither of their
> > moons is large enough to completely block the
> > sun.
>
> I'm confused... do they have two moons and two
> suns, two moons and one
> sun, or two suns and one moon?
I'm sure that they have two of each. That's how
I've always understood it.
Padraic.
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fas peryn omen c' yng ach h-yst yn caleor peryn ndia;
enffoge yn omen ach h-yst yn caleor per la gouitha.
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