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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! -- website: http://frath.net/ LiveJournal: http://kohath.livejournal.com/ deviantArt: http://kohath.deviantart.com/ FrathWiki, a conlang and conculture wiki: http://wiki.frath.net/