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Re: Vocab #5

From:Christian Thalmann <cinga@...>
Date:Saturday, April 27, 2002, 10:17
--- In conlang@y..., Christopher B Wright <faceloran@J...> wrote:

> "Hour" would be one sixth of a watch; a watch is one sixth of a day. A > minute is one sixtieth of an hour. It's based on the Sumerian system, > only more so. Therefore, I should have adjusted the times in #3, but I > was too lazy.
The Obrenje "while" is in fact a 64th of a "sector", which in turn is an 8th of a day. Similarly, a "moment" is a 64th of a "while".
> So you know, Christian Thalmann, I wrote this before looking at your > post. (BTW, are you a feminine person or a masculine person?)
::sigh:: That again... ;-) I've never seen the name Christian (without trailing -e or -a) being used in a female sense, though I keep hearing that it exists in the US. Weird. Then again, Americans do things like "Maître d'" and "sautéed", so I really shouldn't be surprised. =P The answer is masculine, obviously. -- Christian Thalmann, -s, (m.) ["kRis.tjan "t_ha.lman]

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