On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> En réponse à Daniel44 <Daniel44@...>:
> > This is what provoked my strong reaction. Whatever else you might say
> > about
> > the Uusisuom language, it is not inadequate.
Urkle. Inadequate should be "inadequate for reason X." I'm not sure I
know of *any* language that's adequate for *all* possible reasons X.
> quite difficult. Many of the word derivations escape me (purple associated with
> anger? It doesn't even make sense, when you're angry your face gets red, not
> purple. When your face gets purple it's when you're choking) so what's the point
> of making such derivations if the meaning is not transparent. It makes the
Hmm. I never saw anyone choking, so I forgot about this possibility.
Perhaps the meaning of purple could be changed to "danger" (generalized
from "danger of choking")?
YHL