Re: a weird question...
| From: | Eric Christopherson <raccoon@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, September 16, 1999, 19:22 |
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----- 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> :)