From jcowan@reutershealth.com Wed Aug 09 13:48:41 2000 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 16457 invoked from network); 9 Aug 2000 20:48:40 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by m2.onelist.org with QMQP; 9 Aug 2000 20:48:40 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.reutershealth.com) (204.243.9.36) by mta1 with SMTP; 9 Aug 2000 20:48:39 -0000 Received: from reutershealth.com (IDENT:cowan@skunk.reutershealth.com [204.243.9.153]) by mail.reutershealth.com (Pro-8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA05371; Wed, 9 Aug 2000 16:48:25 -0400 (EDT) Sender: cowan@mail.reutershealth.com Message-ID: <3991C38E.D65336CA@reutershealth.com> Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 16:48:14 -0400 Organization: Reuters Health Information X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.5-15 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ivan A Derzhanski , "lojban@onelist.com" Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: Beyond Whorf: "things," "qualities," and the origin of nouns and adjectives References: <8mpo0m+6evp@eGroups.com> <3991ACAB.286763F1@math.bas.bg> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: John Cowan Ivan A Derzhanski wrote: > -- a fact probably associated to the traditional confusion of blue > and green (an Altaic feature?). Unlikely, since it is also a feature of many older IE languages, and seems to be associated worldwide with a lower technological level. -- Schlingt dreifach einen Kreis um dies! || John Cowan Schliesst euer Aug vor heiliger Schau, || http://www.reutershealth.com Denn er genoss vom Honig-Tau, || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan Und trank die Milch vom Paradies. -- Coleridge (tr. Politzer)