Re: does conlanging change your sense of reality?

--- On Tue, 3/31/09, Paul Kershaw <ptkershaw@...> wrote:

> > 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.
What about a piece with an innie opposite an outie? I called that one a "push-through".  :)

--gary