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Re: a weird question...

From:Eric Christopherson <raccoon@...>
Date:Thursday, September 16, 1999, 19:22
----- Original Message -----
From: Danny Wier <dawier@...>
To: Multiple recipients of list CONLANG <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 11:10 PM
Subject: a weird question...
> I made up words for a theoretical conlang (just making up words at
random),
> and came up with this once:
...
> I also came up with _kane_ > 'dog' (compare Italian _cane_), but I think I was influenced on that one > somewheres...
Heh, I just remembered that I read in _The Language Instinct_ by Steven Pinker that the word for dog in a certain Australian Aboriginal language is <dog> :)