Re: Letters in conlang
| From: | Andrew Chaney <adchaney@...> |
|---|
| Date: | Wednesday, July 18, 2001, 22:41 |
|---|
on 18/07/2001 17:00, Tom Tadfor Little at tom@TELP.COM wrote:
>
> date
>
> Dear brother,
>
> How are you?
>
> To keep in mind,
>
> Paul
>
Here's what I've been thinking:
Paul, your brother
to Timothy
How are you?
Paul, date.
To me it makes more sense to date the letter when you finish and sign it
rather than up at the top when you start writing it.
>
> The Iltâr would find our custom of ending letters with proclamations of
> sincerity quite pointless, and perhaps mildly insulting ("are you
> suggesting that I suspect you of lying?").
I cant help but think that the Ihro would also see things that way.
andy.
adchaney@louisiana.edu
http://adc.htmlplanet.com/
Reply