Re: Subterranea
| From: | Stephen Mulraney <ataltane.conlang@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, April 7, 2005, 16:38 |
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Aargh, another email saved from the clutches of gmail:
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From: Stephen Mulraney <ataltane.conlang@...>
Date: Apr 7, 2005 3:10 AM
Subject: Re: Subterranea
To: Patrick Littell <puchitao@...>
On Apr 7, 2005 1:56 AM, Patrick Littell <puchitao@...> wrote:
> On Apr 6, 2005 2:17 AM, David J. Peterson <dedalvs@...> wrote:
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> Like determining units of length based on the king's stride and the
> length of one of his finger bones. An orcish second = the length of
> the king's heartbeat, at rest, on average. The day begins when he
> rises and ends when he falls asleep. A week, maybe when he needs a
> manicure or haircut. A month? Well, maybe we leave that to the queen
> to determine.
It strikes me that week is a fairly artifical unit, being intermediate between
a day (roughly one sleep-wake cycle) and a month (roughly one lunar
cycle), not not really being significant otherwise. Though, if the orcs have
evolved underground, I'm not so sure the queen's cycle would be related
to the lunar cycle...
s.
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