Re: Interesting discoveries

--- Estel Telcontar <estel_telcontar@...>
wrote:

> There are actually 4 different grades, which
> are most conveniently
> called "personal", "animate", "living" and
> "non-living".  However, only
> "higher animals" (roughly vertebrates) are
> included in the "animate"
> category, while lower animals (such as insects)
> are considered along
> with plants in the "living" category".  And
> then there are the
> irregularities, which I've only partly figured
> out, but include things
> like stories being considered personal.
Interesting. Knowing that the language was
created by children, I think it would be
interesting to see some examples of ordinary
words and how they fit in the categories.

> > Are you sure they aren't Daine?
> > Do they have wings?
>
> Could have! But I doubt it.
Ah, well! They have a good taste in clothing
names anyway! ;)

Padraic.


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