Re: irregularities

Joe Hill wrote:

North and south are considered separate? The people in qustion must be
astronomy (or astrology) freaks ...

BTW, an IMHO more reasonable dictonomy 'd be day sky vs night sky.

                                                        Andreas

>Sky is dual because it IS considered a pair, as the north and south skys
>are seperate.
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Michael Poxon
>   To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
>   Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 3:23 PM
>   Subject: Re: Irregularities
>
>
>   I suppose there are 2 schools of thought here: one is that your
>irregularities will develop naturally. The second asks for reasons behind
>the irregularities; for instance, why is the word for 'sky' dual? Duals are
>nearly always defined by objects that naturally appear in pairs (i.e.,
>arms, eyes, etc) so there would appear to be no reason for this. Therefore,
>you need to create one to establish your 'historical' irregularity.
>   Mike----- Original Message -----
>     The noun sky is always in the dual number.
>     "To look in the water" means to be vain.

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