On 7/11/07, Ray Saintonge <saintonge(a)telus.net> wrote:
At one time I had an old medical dictionary (ca. 1820), and the entry
for "cadaver" started with "A cadaver
is generally immobile."
Immobility for these dead languages means that they are no longer able
to move, and generate new life. We cannot expect that the new
terminology that we invent for it will be accepted by the people who
normally speak that language, because those people don't exist. Our
newly invented words do not rise above the level of fantasy. The
resulting encyclopedia is indeed to be used in this day and age, but
only by people who do not exist.
OT: Are you quite sure they weren't simply referring to "rigor mortis"?
And, no, rigor mortis is neither immediate, nor permanent.
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Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro]]