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Re: New member greets list :-)

From:Ivan Baines <kinetic_wab@...>
Date:Wednesday, February 23, 2005, 1:50
> > I'd say jump right in with both feet. :-) > > That is, unless your conlang's hypothetical speakers don't have feet... > > In a language spoken by a race of people without lower limbs, > would one word mean both "arm" and "leg"?
Among a race of people with only one set of limbs, there wouldn't be the need for the distinction between "arm" and "leg". You'd just have one word which I suppose one would translate into English as "limb". My conlang doesn't have "hypothetical speakers", though: I've never really been into the conculture side of things. The furthest I've gone in that direction has been thinking of "native names" that fit my lang's phonology pattern. Maybe I will do in due course...? K.