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Seth Ventril Disenfranchised Shadow
Joined: 20 Sep 2006 Posts: 494 Location: The mean streets of "The Town"
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Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 7:17 am Post subject: Human language rehashed. |
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I understand a great deal of people are against this idea (read as: RP elitists who think they should be instantly FTW because they didn't rp as a "mundane" human), but Humans came to Haelrahv, and as foreign as common was to the Eolai, Eolaish was just as foreign to the humans. Stick with me, I'll make a point here. Now, maybe I'm wrong in the ways I view this, but I've always viewed common as a mish mash of common with other-race influences. I don't view common as the "english" language, I more or less just view it as a treatied language the 5 races (And asapi) developed together to understand eachother. And if I'm wrong, then I'm wrong.
But Humans are still Humans, and there's always the fact we have hundreds of languages, including a ton more counting in human-made fictional languages.
Surely some human out there must have thought at one time it would be beneficial to have a language for his race on a planet of aliens (despite humans being the actual aliens) in case they ever turned against us or decided we were harmful (because humans are paranoid, and we're harmful...Fact). I liked in DR that as a human if Prydeans were standing around snickering at me and insulting me in kitty tongue that I could flip a switch and insult them with my human friends in gamgweth.
More or less, I'm just asking: Is it really such an alien (no pun intended) idea that Humans have a larger grasp of language besides common and whatever Varo taught them? _________________ Victim: Well, what is the creed?
Assassin: It's very secret, passed down for hundreds of generations. If I told you, I'd have to kill you.
Victim: Aren't you already killing me anyway?
Assassin: That's a good point...The creed is..."Stick them with the pointy end." - Ctrl+Alt+Del parody of Assassin's Creed.
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TELEPATHY [close]: Yaru Dex - "Great now you made Mickey cry. Thanks a lot, Seth."
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Korell Ventril exclaims, "Choo ain no guard! Choo a crackhead!" |
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HR-Trevor Boss Type Guy
Joined: 04 Oct 2002 Posts: 6683 Location: Louisville, KY
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Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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I don't see it as completely impossible that Humans would develop a unique language of their own. Of course, unlike DR, you can learn other languages here. _________________ "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." -- Plato
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Seth Ventril Disenfranchised Shadow
Joined: 20 Sep 2006 Posts: 494 Location: The mean streets of "The Town"
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Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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Oh I understand it being able to be learned by all, I mean if humans could learn Eolaish then Alteri should be able to learn <insert>. _________________ Victim: Well, what is the creed?
Assassin: It's very secret, passed down for hundreds of generations. If I told you, I'd have to kill you.
Victim: Aren't you already killing me anyway?
Assassin: That's a good point...The creed is..."Stick them with the pointy end." - Ctrl+Alt+Del parody of Assassin's Creed.
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TELEPATHY [close]: Yaru Dex - "Great now you made Mickey cry. Thanks a lot, Seth."
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Korell Ventril exclaims, "Choo ain no guard! Choo a crackhead!" |
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Morgana
Joined: 02 Aug 2003 Posts: 264 Location: Right here...
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Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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Hate to agree with numnuts, I mean Seth , but I like the idea of learning another language and the human language some amalgamation of all the sporadic earth variances. Common being a blend of all the alien variances.. _________________ ~* TruSt iN YouRseLf *~ |
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Seth Ventril Disenfranchised Shadow
Joined: 20 Sep 2006 Posts: 494 Location: The mean streets of "The Town"
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Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 10:14 pm Post subject: |
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<3 Morgie _________________ Victim: Well, what is the creed?
Assassin: It's very secret, passed down for hundreds of generations. If I told you, I'd have to kill you.
Victim: Aren't you already killing me anyway?
Assassin: That's a good point...The creed is..."Stick them with the pointy end." - Ctrl+Alt+Del parody of Assassin's Creed.
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TELEPATHY [close]: Yaru Dex - "Great now you made Mickey cry. Thanks a lot, Seth."
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Korell Ventril exclaims, "Choo ain no guard! Choo a crackhead!" |
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Cadoc
Joined: 21 Oct 2005 Posts: 68
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Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 10:51 am Post subject: |
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Now, maybe I'm wrong in the ways I view this, but I've always viewed common as a mish mash of common with other-race influences. I don't view common as the "english" language, I more or less just view it as a treatied language the 5 races (And asapi) developed together to understand eachother. |
I would agree with this, as that I see common as a mismatch of all the languages. Or just a simple language that is easily understood by all. (samething I suppose)
But overall, I guess I get this idea from a book I am currently reading, that maybe giving the "common" language a better distinction. But ok now to my point, that the "common" language in the book I am reading is a "Trade" Language that is easy to speak and understand between all races. For the purpose of "trade" of goods, ideas, etc. I dunno if this idea helps at all but that is a reasoning behind why I see that a common language was developed between races.
Anyhoo, thats my 2 cents. |
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soundless EIGHT YEARS OLD!!!
Joined: 22 May 2004 Posts: 5970 Location: Spaceship
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Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 11:53 am Post subject: |
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common = esperanto, haelrahv edition _________________ A bright-eyed Thekko Ku Kalla dressed in a dapper sailor suit takes to flight and careers through the air toward the Modan Kucho and slams into him!
With a high-pitched cry, The Modan Kucho collapses in death. |
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Brokyn LLAMA SECHS
Joined: 19 Oct 2002 Posts: 3648 Location: Northern Georgia
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Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 2:36 pm Post subject: |
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soundless wrote: |
common = esperanto, haelrahv edition |
I came here to post this.
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