Re: describing names

----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Leigh" <thomas@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 9:13 AM
Subject: describing names


> Hej igen, Majken!
>
> > In preparation for a page about my languages I made a
> > subdirectory called "language". The system responded:
> > "Successfully created language". I thought that was my
> > job!
>
> LOL! I wish it were than simple! :-)
>
> > 1. Her name is Mary
> > 2. Her name is beautiful
> > The first sentence tells me her name, while the second
> > only describes it. But the only difference is the last
> > word. There is no way to be sure that she isn't called
> > Beautiful, except that is an unusual name. How do
> > other languages solve this problem?
>
> In my experience, those which do distinguish usually do so by using
> completely different expressions for the idea "to be called" or "to have a
> name". Like Danish, for example!
>
> 1. Hun hedder (or is it heder?) Mary
> 2. Hendes navn er smuk.
>
And German
1.Sie heißt Mary
2 Ihre Name ist scho:n

There is an archaic english version.
1. She highteth Mary
2, Her name is Mary

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