Re: My languages

In a message dated 11/28/01 8:47:12 PM, fortytwo@GDN.NET writes:

<< Kind of the reverse of that Australian
language whose name escapes me that has "Women, fire, and dangerous
things" :-) >>

    Dyirbal.  And it kind of makes sense, since the gender category is
"female", so women go under that, and in their creation myth the sun is a
woman, so "sun" goes under that category, and since fire is hot like the sun,
"fire" goes under that category, and since fire is a dangerous thing, all
other dangerous things go into that category.  Hence, fun radial categories.
:)

-David

"s&m raSalo SirejsatIm, spAjs Zi v&TIl dZaGagzaZA."
"If it keeps on rainin', the levee's going to break."
        --Led Zeppelin