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Re: Never violate a universal unless it seems like a good idea atthe time

From:BP Jonsson <bpj@...>
Date:Saturday, September 6, 2003, 18:00
At 21:38 4.9.2003 -0400, Isidora Zamora wrote:

>. My attitude is probably close to what you >outlined above: at least one of the less strict universals is probably >going to get violated, and violating more than 5 or 6 (or one of the >absolute ones, if they truly are absolute) would make it unrealistic. > >For me, it is important to keep it realistic.
It depends on whether it is supposed to be a húman language of this timeline in the first place. /BP 8^) -- B.Philip Jonsson mailto:melrochX@melroch.se (delete X) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~__ A h-ammen ledin i phith! \ \ __ ____ ____ _____________ ____ __ __ __ / / \ \/___ \\__ \ /___ _____/\ \\__ \\ \ \ \\ \ / / / / / / / \ / /Melroch\ \_/ // / / // / / / / /___/ /_ / /\ \ / /Gaestan ~\_ // /__/ // /__/ / /_________//_/ \_\/ /Eowine __ / / \___/\_\\___/\_\ Gwaedhvenn Angeliniel\ \______/ /a/ /_h-adar Merthol naun ~~~~~~~~~Kuinondil~~~\________/~~\__/~~~Noolendur~~~~~~ || Lenda lenda pellalenda pellatellenda kuivie aiya! || "A coincidence, as we say in Middle-Earth" (JRR Tolkien)