Re: News
| From: | Jake X <starvingpoet@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, May 28, 2003, 19:33 |
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: 28 May, 2003 10:43
Subject: Re: News
> On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 11:02:47PM -0400, Jake X wrote:
> > In Lenmoct, this is:
> >
> > Li lenm-ty cui yddgad.
> > the mother-future INCEPTIVE be-pregnant.
>
> > (no word for wife, the Mocteno aren't gamous
> > at all <-- backformation)
>
> Heh. But even without the institution of marriage, there
> must be some way to express paternity, yes? I didn't
> just say "Someone is pregnant"; by identifying that
> someone as my wife, I implied that I was the one who
> got her that way. :)
I know. I just didn't feel like dealing with the mother
and father in one sentence, because the connection, though
implied, is not mentioned. Basically the father is the
stay at home mom and the mother is some dream of a
father who is never home with his kids. A reversal in
sterotype, only institutionalized.
Jake