Re: does conlanging change your sense of reality?

On Mar 31, 2009, at 6:31 PM, Paul Kershaw wrote:

> ----- Original Message ----
>> 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
I did something similar with duplo blocks when I was young. I don't
remember many of the names, except for "hicker-hocker".