inventrix: (tea)
inventrix ([personal profile] inventrix) wrote in [community profile] noviceconlangers 2011-12-06 06:23 pm (UTC)

Same reason "you" and "me" are different, I think! Also "up" and "down", "left" and "right", "in" and "out". Words that are used commonly to differentiate things tend to be shorter and have more distinct sounds, to be more immediately recognizable.

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