Re: Family project

My humble opinion is that we should choose an alternate Planet (different
continents, lands etc.), different history, but same flora and fauna. This
wouldn't generate translation's problems and, OTOH, would free us from
cultural-historical bias.

Luca

> Andrew Chaney wrote:
>
> > >> I'm very much in favor of Earth, but not this Earth.  I don't want to
> > >> have to mess around with animals that we create, different types of
land
> > >> masses, plants, etc.  I want there to be lions, tigers, bears, oaks,
lilies,
> > >> the whole bit.  Doing it otherwise (in my opinion) would be far too
> > >> difficult.
> >
> > I vote for a completely a priori language family on an alternate Earth
with
> > independant history. Same flora & fauna, different human history.
>
> How about toying with the palaeoclimatological toggle?  What would
> happen, say, if the Black-Sea-Basin had not flooded around 7000 BC?
>
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>   entos amômêton kallipon ouk ethelôn;
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