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Re: Language universal?

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Thursday, February 8, 2001, 16:46
On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, Yoon Ha Lee wrote:

> Er...except things like "puer" and "ager"?
The vocative of "ager"? ROTFL! "O field!" That reminds me of the grammarians (mentioned in _The Name of the Rose_) who were said to have debated for seven days and seven nights nonstop on the vocative of "ego" (I) and then finally resorted to swords....