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Re: CHAT: IDLE CHAT: Re: Spoilers for Verimak and Zeyli

From:Sally Caves <scaves@...>
Date:Friday, May 14, 1999, 15:29
Matt Pearson wrote:

> I suppose I should do a Tokana translation of "Full Fathom > Five". They're a sea people, who associate the open ocean > with the afterlife, so it's certainly culturally appropriate. > Unfortunately there are no words for pearls or coral in > Tokana. Guess I should invent some... > > Matt.
Oh but obviously there are! You just haven't found them yet,but you will. Being lovers of the sea, the Tokana would not have failed to bring up many pearls from the ocean's depths. Sally
> > > ------------------------------------ > Matt Pearson > mpearson@ucla.edu > UCLA Linguistics Department > 405 Hilgard Avenue > Los Angeles, CA 90095-1543 > ------------------------------------