Re: CHAT: Law of ten times worse natlangs
| From: | H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, March 5, 2003, 19:10 |
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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
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