Re: Conlang book
From: | D Tse <exponent@...> |
Date: | Thursday, February 8, 2001, 6:57 |
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> From: Constructed Languages List [mailto:CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU]On
> Behalf Of Roger Mills
> Sent: Thursday, 8 February 2001 9:43 AM
> To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
> Subject: Re: Conlang book
>
>
> Andreas Johansson replied:
> >>IIRC Finnish has at least some of these, though "walk" and
> "wall" may not
> >>be
> >>the most sematically felicitous combination.
> >
> >Maybe not. I guess I simply liked the idea of a guy walking
> around inside a
> >wall ...
> >
> Well, it could happen! Lovecraft's rats were certainly running around
> _inside_ the walls......And last summer, _something_ took up residence in
> the wall near my computer. Scratch scratch, bump, rustle.
> Eldritch horror.
>
Eldritch? Is that a real word or is it a word that Terry Pratchett invented?
Imperative