Re: OT: Corpses,etc. (was: Re: Gender in conlangs (was: Re: Umlauts (was Re:Elves and Ill Bethisad)))

Quoting Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...>:

> Isidora Zamora wrote:
> > (And I am writing this in the middle of a very nice lunar eclipse,
> > a spectacle which the Nidirino, unfortunately, cannot sit back and enjoy
> > the sight of, since the occasion calls for emergency prayers.)
>
> 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.
To Tairezans, solar eclipses are essentially a luxury reserved for inhabitants
of the Capital planet (=Earth) - the vast majority of inhabited planets does
sport a moon of the right apparent diameter.

                                                       Andreas