Re: Láadan
| From: | Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, November 28, 2002, 7:33 |
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Peter Clark wrote:
> Outside of that, do any women feel a particular lack in English
> vocabulary on a given subject?
Well, I'm not a woman, but I feel lots of lacks in English vocabulary.
:-) Tho I suppose it would be interesting to see if women perceive more
lacks than men. Some examples:
A word for "something that makes one feel hungry" (I use "hungrifying")
Ditto for thirsty ("thirstifying")
A midrange temperature, such that one does not feel particularly warm or
cool.
Pleasantly cloudy
Distinctions between blood and marital relations for things like "uncle"
and "aunt" (or, conversely, collapsing the distinction between, e.g.,
"brother" and "brother-in-law", either way, making it consistent)
Non-gendered term for "uncle or aunt"
"Truthe" (Tell the truth, analogous to the verb "lie")
Hmm ... I know there've been lots of other gaps I've noticed, but I
can't think of any right now.
Another group is words that I think their semantic boundaries are odd.
Case in point: Sheet versus blanket. A blanket covers you, a sheet
either covers you or covers your mattress. To me, "blanket" and "top
sheet" should be one word, and "bottom sheet" another.
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