Re: Language universal?
| From: | Dan Jones <feuchard@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, February 10, 2001, 15:45 |
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John Cowan wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
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> > Er...except things like "puer" and "ager"?
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> The vocative of "ager"? ROTFL!
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> "O field!"
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> 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....
I remember that! Does anyone actually know what they decided on?
Dan
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Ka yokonáu iti báyan: "cas'alyá abhiyo".
Ka tso iti mantabayan: "yama zaláyá
alánekayam la s'alika, cas'alika; ka yama
yavarryekayan arannáam la vácika, labekayam
vácika, ka ali cas'alyeko vanotira."
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Dan Jones