Re: Láadan

On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 01:33:05AM -0600, Nik Taylor wrote:

> A word for "something that makes one feel hungry" (I use "hungrifying")
Literally, this would be "appetizing", though I will admit the meaning
of that has drifted (but only a little).

> Ditto for thirsty ("thirstifying")
*That* one we need.  Also "die of thirst", like "starve", with accompanying
exaggerated use "Man, I'm *thirsting*!" or whatever.

> 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.
That's not at all how it divides up for me.  A blanket is a *thick*, usually
warm thing, may be fuzzy or may be non-fuzzy like a Navaho blanket (but not
filled/stuffed, like a quilt or comforter would be).  A sheet is always thin
and non-fuzzy, or at least not fuzzier than flannel.

(Separately, sheets exist in fitted versions while blankets do not, but
that's more a function of what we customarily manufacture and use than it
is of the words' definitions, at least to me.)

Amanda

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