Re: Degrees of comparation

The point being that the tortoise won the race against
the hare because he was diligent, whereas the
hare was arrogant and dozed off.

Sally Caves
scaves@frontiernet.net


----- Original Message -----
From: Adam Walker <dreamertwo@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 7:14 AM
Subject: Re: Degrees of comparation


> Otherly swift??  Well, he can't run as fast as the hare, but he can think
> faster?  Or swim faster?  Or drives faster?  Interesting brainstretch.
>
> Adam
>
> So lift the cup of joy and take a big drink.
> In spite of it all it's a beautiful world.
> -------Suzanne Knutzen
>
>
>
>
> >From: Sally Caves <scaves@...>
> >Reply-To: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...>
> >To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
> >Subject: Re: Degrees of comparation
> >Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 22:29:18 -0400
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Adam Walker <dreamertwo@...>
> >
> > > >From: Sally Caves <scaves@...>
> >
> > > >ALTERATIVE:
> > > >zef uor androfaiht
> > > >         "a man 'differently' handsome.
> > > >ta der uor androfaiht zef-li
> > > >         "A man handsome in a different way from him."
> > >
> > > Wow, Sally, I really love this concept of "differently expressing the
> >same
> > > quality".  Why doesn't ENGLISH do cool things like that?
> >
> >Thank you!   I guess it's why we invent conlangs!
> >Someone wrote to me, I've forgotten who, and said she was
> >looking for a conlang that thought in tertiary instead of binary
> >form.  Teonaht is still pretty binary (good, bad; strong, weak)
> >and I was wondering how to address that.
> >
> >We have yes, no, maybe; good, bad, indifferent.  But with
> >the alterative, you can say:  good, bad, otherly good, and
> >otherly bad.  Male, female, otherly male, otherly female.
> >Strong, weak, otherly strong, otherly weak.  I suppose it
> >corresponds roughly to English "differently abled."  But
> >this is such a concoction.  If I introduce "uor" into Teonaht's
> >grammar, it could express a range of meaning right from the
> >start.  It will probably mean some things with some adjectives,
> >and other things with others.  I was thinking, what would
> >swift, swifter, swiftest, and otherly swift--uor nimra--mean?
> >Either one races and reaches the goal or one doesn't.  The
> >tortoise is otherly swift than the hare!
> >
> >
> > > This grammatical
> > > feature could be used to great effect in poetry and Congressional
floor
> > > bickerings I would imagine.  And imagine the new ways it wouold
provide
> >for
> > > hedging on an answer when you don't want to lie, but don't want to
> >offend
> > > someone either. . .  Fraught with possibilties.
> >
> >He's... otherly correct!
> >
> >Sal
>
>
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