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Re: [CONLANG] Láadan

From:Davis, Iain E. <feaelin@...>
Date:Monday, December 2, 2002, 17:53
> -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Clark [mailto:peter-clark@BETHEL.EDU]
> On Thursday 28 November 2002 01:33 am, Nik Taylor wrote: > > A word for "something that makes one feel hungry" (I use > > "hungrifying") Ditto for thirsty ("thirstifying") > That would be interesting, even though I think "That > makes me hungry/thirsty" sufficiently conveys the thought > without too much effort.
Hmm. The hungrifying (chocolate, of course) cake tempted me to eat it even though I had already eaten too much. The cake (chocolate, of course) which makes me hungry tempted me to eat it even though I had already eaten too much. I'm not sure those read the same to me, but that may be my perception. I think, but I'm not sure, that Nik's intention to have a word that indicates "inducing hunger or thirst" is a property of the item rather than merely a response of a hungry person seeing food.