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<p>Posted by <b><!--poster-->Irgend Jemand</b>
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Ok, after being locked out of here for a month thanks to a series of
events that have convinced me that, equal what you say, Mark, computers
will definetely <i>never</i> be intelligent:), I'm back. Therefore, if
you don't mind, I've got some comments on topics that have already been
discussed a while ago.
<p>For instance, there's this Almean year/Earth year thing. It seems to me
that the amounts of time for the different studies in the Verdurian
education system, as well as the biographical data on famous Almeans,
were calculated for people who grow older in Almean years as fast as
humans grow older in Earth years. Is that true?
<p>As for this idea that some of the folks here could work out some details
on some minor parts of Almea- I would really like to work out details on
Xurno, but I guess that a) you've already got a lot of stuff on it that
isn't published yet (even beside the stuff that you've send me) and b)
Chris might want to do that, to, so we would have to ask him first.
<p>Also, after I've re-read your list of modern Verdurian words, I must
protest against your taking of the Verdurian word for "hamburger" from
Swedish, instead of deriving it from the name of the city where I was
born in Verdurian as well as in English. Ah, nevermind.
<p>Irgend
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Welcome back, Irgend!
<p>1. The Almean year is about 6% shorter than ours; but years are
still a convenient unit for both animals and humans. E.g. many animal
species reach maturity in about a year. I'd assume evolution selects for
this, since it's useful if reproductive cycles coincide (and parenting
skills help not only one's own but others' offspring).
<p>School calendars would also be adapted to whole numbers of years, and
I don't think Almean children learn appreciably less in their slightly
shorter school year.
<p>2. Yes, better wait for all that to be sorted through first. I forget
if I mentioned that the Axunashin/Xurnásh/<b>T</b>eôshi grammar is over 100 pages by now... and the lexicons are still frustratingly slight.
<p>3. Heh! Well, it <b>does</b> come from the name of your town... though
I should really check with my Swedish friends whether the first <b>r</b> is pronounced. I think Swedish <b>r</b> tends to get lost before a stop.
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