Re: Láadan and woman's speak
| From: | Matt Pearson <jmpearson@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, May 23, 2000, 15:18 |
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>This talk of interesting gender systems lead me to think of another. I was
>thinking for a conlang made for technologically advanced people, a gender
>system based on things like synthetic and non synthetic things. Perhaps
>for things that use electricity, and things that dont, etc.
Reminds me of the Hainish Pueblo people from Ursula Le Guin's
"Four Ways to Forgiveness": The people are divided into several
lineages, which include (IIRC) the Buried Cable Clan and the
Static Electricity Clan.
Matt.