Re: Tiny lexicon languages

6/18/1999 12:15:12 AM glic, hawksinger@fwi.com kyetellt horroly:

>> > Twenty-word sparrow language:
>> >
>> >
>> >         1. food
>> >         2. eat
>> >         3. sleep
>> >         4. mate
>> >         5. egg
>> >         6. chick
>> >         7. fly
>> >         8. perch
>> >         9. feather
>> >         10. danger
>> >         11. rival
>> >         12. fight
>> >         13. hurt
>> >         14. dead
>> >         15. ground
>> >         16. me
>> >         17. you
>> >         18. other
>> >         19. not
>> >         20. many
>> >
>
>hmmm, what about 'lay egg', I have to believe this is a big deal
>to a bird.  Maybe you can combine hurt/dead or something???
I would just say the subject and then "egg," with the verb "make" implied.
For example, "Me egg" wouldn't mean "I AM an egg" (cause that wouldn't make
much sense), but I laid an egg. (not really!) ;-)

Or you could use the word egg twice; this would be something like "I egged an
egg."

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