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Re: New language Noygwexaal & Qthyn|gai

From:Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>
Date:Sunday, March 27, 2005, 14:40
Hi!

Rodlox R <rodlox@...> writes:
> >From: Henrik Theiling <theiling@...> >... > > Futher, anything you know from media is > >'hearsay' in Qthyn|gai, never 'directly witnessed'. [2] > > so most people would use the "hearsay" form when talking about the > existance of Antarctica, the nuclear bomb, and the War on Terrorism?
Those things are quite different in age, which is a factor influencing the use of well-known information, but at least the existence of the Antarctica is probably 'factual' evidentiality. **Henrik