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Re: CHAT: Law of ten times worse natlangs

From:Sally Caves <scaves@...>
Date:Wednesday, March 5, 2003, 23:47
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From: "Tristan" <kesuari@...>

> John Cowan wrote: > > Andreas Johansson scripsit: > > > > > >>I dunno if we ever made an official name for the law that says that for
any
> >>feature you can think up for a conlang, no matter how freaky, there is
at
> >>least one natlang that's already doing it, except ten times worse. If
not, we
> >>should give it a shortish name for easy reference. > > > > I shall call it "Andreas's Law of Freaks". > > Why Andreas's? Does asking questions mean you have laws named after you? > > Tristan.
Absolutely. That shall be the new rule. But I like ANADEW. It rhymes with Xanadu, and is therefore easy to remember. Sally Caves scaves@frontiernet.net Eskkoat ol ai sendran, rohsan nuehra celyil takrem bomai nakuo. "My shadow follows me, putting strange, new roses into the world."
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