Re: ANADEWISM: Natlangs that do comparison with true verbs?
| From: | H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, November 10, 2004, 17:43 |
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On Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 06:28:55PM +0100, Philip Newton wrote:
> What's ANADEWISM?
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> A Natlang's Already Done ... ??
ANADEW = A Natlang's Already Dunnit Except Worse.
Used to describe a prospective unusual conlang feature that turns out
to be not so unusual after all, when compared with a natlang that
takes it to further extremes. :-)
T
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Give a man a fish, and he eats once. Teach a man to fish, and he will sit
forever.
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