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Re: Immediate future tense

From:Sally Caves <scaves@...>
Date:Sunday, November 8, 1998, 4:51
On Sat, 7 Nov 1998, Nik Taylor wrote:

> Herman Miller wrote: > > Interesting analogy; I suppose that on that scale, most of my languages > > would be tents; adequate for the purpose, but barely. Until recently, only > > Olaetyan would have qualified as a "house". It's only in the last few years > > that I've concentrated on longer projects, resulting in better and more > > interesting languages, but fewer of them. > > I still prefer Sally Caves' city analogy. By that, I think, most of us > have a collection of huts, maybe a small village, while real languages > are bustling metropolises.
Hi there, Nik! Sally Caves's city analogy is a completely pretentious model for Teonaht, which is really a rambling house in a fictional city: full of rooms with windows that look out on not quite coordinating vistas! Sally ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sally Caves Li fetil'aiba, dam hoja-le uen. volwin ly, vul inua aiba bronib. This leaf, the wind takes her. She's old, and born this year. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++