Re: CHAT: Synesthesia and conlanging (was Re: The ConlangInstinct)

Sally Caves wrote:
> Have you ever read Huckleberry Finn?  There's a powerfully funny scene
> where Huck is debating with Jim, the run-away slave, about the French
> language.
Yeah, I loved that scene.

I think it was Mario Pei who related an anecdote where a neighbor asked
him how you say "bread" in a bunch of languages, and then afterwards
asked why they bother with all those different words, instead of just
saying "bread".  :-)

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