On Tue, 5 Aug 2003 11:43:09 -0500 "Thomas R. Wier" <trwier@...>
writes:
> Quoting Christian Thalmann <cinga@...>:
> > One of the verb affixes is called "infinite". Is that a
> > typo for "infinitive", or is it some kind of tense used for
> > general truths and timeless static situations? The latter
> > would be cool, but I somewhat doubt it was the intention.
> If so, the traditional name for such a tense is "gnomic".
> Thomas Wier "I find it useful to meet my subjects
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Why is that inspiring me to want to make a conlang for Gnomes? :-P
-Stephen (Steg)
"I wouldn't care about my spirits if my legs weren't so tired.
Slugs are lucky not to have legs. I think I'll be a slug."
~ 'watership down' by richard adams