Re: New member greets list :-)
From: | Muke Tever <hotblack@...> |
Date: | Wednesday, February 23, 2005, 14:58 |
Damian Yerrick <tepples@...> wrote:
>> 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"?
Depends. Did they inherit their language from a race of people _with_ legs?
Do they have regular contact with (or legends about) people or creatures with
them?
*Muke!
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