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Re: Number

From:Muke Tever <alrivera@...>
Date:Monday, August 6, 2001, 9:12
From: "Aidan Grey" <frterminus@...>
> This reminds me of a demonstrative feature of an > Iniuk lang (don't remember which one) I adore. Shape > is a distinctive feature of the demonstrative system, > round and long being the two main features. How this > works is that if I was referring to a man running, he > would be +long, because the space he's occupied over > time is greater in one dimension. And a man sitting > still would be +round, because he's basically the same > in all dimensions.
I think he'd be +round because he's not getting any exercise. ;) *Muke!