Re: does conlanging change your sense of reality?

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> From: Gary Shannon <fiziwig@...>
> Also, I find it easier to remember things, and recognize things if I have words
> for them. For example, when I was a kid I loved to work large jigsaw puzzles.
> When I had a particular empty spot of a particular shape I found it easier to
> search for a piece with the same shape as the empty hole if I gave names to all
> the possible jigsaw puzzle piece shapes.
Heh, I did this too. Other than the border, the basic names (for standard square
pieces) were "all-in," "all-out," "three-out," "one-out," "opposites," and "two
each." If I could tell the grain, I'd add "up-and-down" or "side-to-side" as
appropriate.

-- Paul

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