Re: Most developed conlang

On 4/22/07, Eugene Oh <un.doing@...> wrote:
> 2007/4/22, caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...>:
> >
> > BTW, both "drawer" and "draw-er" have the same etymology.  Perhaps the
> > latter comes from the meaning of "to pull the brush, pen, etc."
>
> More likely not "the brush, pen", but simply "a tray that you  draw", à
> la "draw blood", "draw money from an ATM" etc. (which are similar
> actions).
Er, what you're defining is the former ("drawer", as in a chest of
drawers), not the latter ("draw-er", i.e. someone who draws a
picture), and Charlie seemed to me to be talking about where the "make
a picture" meaning of "draw" came from and wondering whether it is
from the "to pull a brush a or pen", taking "pull" as the basic
meaning of "draw".

Cheers,
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Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>