<html>Sorry, but the joke's on me-- I did not know that yurt was an in-joke amongst our group. Or that the word had been used previously. Did I miss something? Perhaps it's only my bad memory? Or was it used prior to my joining in late '00? As a non-linguist, I really did think that a yamen would go well against a yurt, or ger, or araba, or tipi. Linda<BR>---------- Original Message ----------<BR>From: Josh Smift <irilyth@infersys.com><BR>To: fictionary@swarpa.net<BR>Subject: Re: [Fictionary] YAMEN results<BR>Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 21:14:19 -0400<BR><BR>PA> Those words look Swedish or something close, and I know cognates of<BR>PA> the first two if they are. Are they?<BR><BR>The pages that each word links to, certainly think so.<BR><BR>Card suggests that only war against varelse is justified, because<BR>communication is impossible. It's been a while since I read it, but one of<BR>CJ Cherryh's Chanur books, as I recall, argued that varelse are the only<BR>people against whom war is *not* justified, because if you can't<BR>communicate, then if you start fighting them, you don't have any way to<BR>make *peace*. "You don't pick a fight with someone you can't *talk* to!"<BR>thinks the Internet. An interesting contrast.<BR><BR>(The correct conclusion is clearly either (a) therefore you should never<BR>war against anyone; or (b) therefore you are clearly doomed to war against<BR>*everyone*. :^)<BR><BR> -Josh (irilyth@infersys.com)<BR></html>
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