Brandon's Blog

9/24/2008

Prelude to Aire

I find Meta’s verb tense, “has finally being created,” to be the most beautiful unintentional grammar I have encountered in some time.  Especially regarding the MUD, for which this construction has special significance in my mind:

Does it have being, finally?  Is being itself something you can impart, if not create?  But one cannot give something creation.  Creation is the action, the gift of being.

Such is the design of a world.  If only there were an extensive book detailing the beauty of these concepts.  Wait…