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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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