El Feo Kern: neeeeeerd
Darmok and Jilad at Tanagra.
I would just like to point out that a language comprised of nothing but metaphors, while somewhat intriguing, could not come to be without the existence of a base language for the metaphors to have been created with in the first place. Unless of course the unnamed group "evolved" their language to a state of pure metaphoric phrases for the purpose of efficiency(?), but to me that would be a serious step back for any language used as a basis for communication and therefore... retarded.
I mean you would almost completley rip away the ability for any "outsider" to learn the "language"... and even if they did, the phrases would be completely meaningless to them... the emotion would be stripped away since you would not be able to explain the events that created the metaphor in the first place and therefore there would be no feeling and/or meaning behind the words or they simply could not be used properly beyond the generation that created the metaphor, hence the language would break itself down within a century at best (depending on lifespan)
::gets off the soap box::
::brushes his hair out of his face quickly with his hands::
*sighs deeply*
ok, im done.
Darmok and Jilad at Tanagra.
I would just like to point out that a language comprised of nothing but metaphors, while somewhat intriguing, could not come to be without the existence of a base language for the metaphors to have been created with in the first place. Unless of course the unnamed group "evolved" their language to a state of pure metaphoric phrases for the purpose of efficiency(?), but to me that would be a serious step back for any language used as a basis for communication and therefore... retarded.
I mean you would almost completley rip away the ability for any "outsider" to learn the "language"... and even if they did, the phrases would be completely meaningless to them... the emotion would be stripped away since you would not be able to explain the events that created the metaphor in the first place and therefore there would be no feeling and/or meaning behind the words or they simply could not be used properly beyond the generation that created the metaphor, hence the language would break itself down within a century at best (depending on lifespan)
::gets off the soap box::
::brushes his hair out of his face quickly with his hands::
*sighs deeply*
ok, im done.
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