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Re: Help: Zhyler ECM/Raising Verbs (Longish)

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Monday, April 5, 2004, 14:20
Quoting Philippe Caquant <herodote92@...>:

> These Noun Classes reminded me somehow of Borges' > classification for animals: > > (my own mediocre translation) > > Animals can be classified as follows: > - belonging to the Emperor > - embalmed ones > - domesticated ones > - sucking pigs > - mermaids > - fabulous ones > - rambling dogs > - included in the present classification > - frantically agitated ones > - innumerable ones > - drawn with a very thin camel-hair brush > - having just broken the jug > - seeming like flies from far away > - others...
I recognize this, but I didn't think I had read anything by Borges. Where is it from, more exactly? Andreas

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Philippe Caquant <herodote92@...>