Re: ,Language' in language name?

Am 28.11.01, Josh Roth yscrifef:

> >What they call themselves is, of course, unpronounceable by human
> >mouths. [We have rather too few strings and dampers and things to
> >speak that language!]
>
> That was my intial thought as well, but actually, even the sounds that a
> piano does make are not being used to refer to itself - they're just sounds a
> piano happens to make, such as the sound of a human coughing or sneezing.
Who's to say!? I don't speak Cristoforese, so really can't comment.
Probably what mine is saying when I touch the keys is "Look here,
you SOB! You haven't had me tuned in 10 years; you _still_ haven't
fixed my small c ribbon _OR_ my c' hammer stick _OR_ replaceed my
great Eb string!" Yada, yada. I guess I should be happy it's still
talking at all! [And for all that, it's not really too out of tune.
They could really build things in the Good Old Days!]

[snip]
> I think I understand ... you're saying that someone's own name for themself
> is more interesting and significant than an outsider's.
Yes. Names are important!

> Josh Roth
Padraic.
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