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How native speakers pronounce “conflates”

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But you can get away with some much less transparent pairs with some metaphorical extension. For example, remember we've said that this culture conflates emotional states with plants. Perhaps we can take the word for 'thornbush' and apply a diminutive to create the meaning of 'a nuisance or source of annoyance',

How to Make a Language - Part 7: Grammatical Evolution

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But you can get away with some much less transparent pairs with some metaphorical extension. For example, remember we've said that this culture conflates emotional states with plants. Perhaps we can take the word for 'thornbush' and apply a diminutive to create the meaning of 'a nuisance or source of annoyance',

How to Make a Language - Part 7: Grammatical Evolution