by Padraic Brown <elemtilas@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Apr 13, 2008 at 03:45 AM
On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:09:58 -0400, Rick Harrison <not@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
>
>Science fiction writer Brian Aldiss concocted a language that reminds
>me of Glaugnea in its strangeness. The concepts that are lexicalized
>are not what one is accustomed to:
>
>LAHAH SIP: Tasting fresh air after one has worked several hours at
>one's desk.
>
>SHAK ALE MAN: the struggle that takes place in the night between the
>urge to urinate and the urge to continue sleeping
Yet both make perfect sense and by rights *should* have places in our
lexis.
>Additionally, each word/phrase can have different meanings depending on
>the speaker's body posture.
That's weird.
Padraic
>
>A few excerpts are posted here ->
>http://sarpvinash.livejournal.com/13545.html
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