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Re: Tiny lexicon languages

From:Hawksinger <hawksinger@...>
Date:Friday, June 18, 1999, 4:18
> > 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??? -- Brad Coon hawksinger@fwi.com listowner battleship-l http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Gorge/7264/battleship-l.html http://www.ipfw.indiana.edu/east1/coon/web/index.htm (home pg. et al.) http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Gorge/7264 (outdoor and prim.skills) http://members.tripod.com/~Hawksinger (wine and whisky pgs) Civilize the mind and make savage the body. (Chinese proverb)