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Re: CHAT: Law of ten times worse natlangs

From:H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...>
Date:Wednesday, March 5, 2003, 19:10
On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 07:45:40PM +0100, Andreas Johansson wrote:
> 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.
Hmm. I've yet to find a natlang with a case system that resembles Ebisedian's. Not that I doubt it, just that I haven't found any yet.
> If not, we should give it a shortish name for easy reference.
[snip] How about ANADEW? A Natlang's Already Dunnit Except Worse. :-) T -- People say I'm indecisive, but I'm not sure about that. -- YHL, CONLANG

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