Re: Elephants and hamsters
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, May 27, 1999, 20:32 |
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Mia Soderquist wrote:
> Little marsupials, similar to flying squirrels, but insectivores and not
> rodents.
Cool. Why are they called "sugar gliders"? Cute little things.
> Ah... another linguistic topic... Common terms about birth don't fit
> very well with the marsupial experience.
Hmm, quite so, for obvious reasons, of course. There being no
marsupials in Europe.
ObConlang: Does anyone have words in their conlangs for being "born"
with Marsupials? Presumably a word would exist for the first time the
infant leaves the pouch, the equivalent of being born. Or perhaps just
the first time the infant looks out of the pouch.
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