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Re: Elephants and hamsters

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Thursday, May 27, 1999, 20:45
Kristian Jensen wrote:
> I also love little critters, but unfortunately my choice of using > all of them as part of a Boreanesian vocabulary is limited by > geography. > On the other hand, I get to invent other creatures.
Even worse here, since W. is spoken on another planet. :-) There are no Earth creatures there, so that, OTOH, like you, I can make up more-or-less any kind of animal I want, but, OTOH, no opportunity to be creative with Earth animals' names, just a simple adaptation of the English, since English is the only Human language they have contact with, such as kika'ta (cat), kima'u's (mouse), kisyu'gaglaida (la-?) (sugar-glider), and so on. -- "It's bad manners to talk about ropes in the house of a man whose father was hanged." - Irish proverb http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/X-Files http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-name: NikTailor