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   From: weberm@polaris.net   
      
   thetruemelissa@gmail.com wrote:   
   > weberm@polaris.net delivered unto us this message:   
   >> thetruemelissa@gmail.com wrote:   
   >>> anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:   
      
   >>>> You couldn?t possibly develop a language like that naturally.  You'd   
   >>>> have to start with a real language and then change it just to be   
   >>>> annoying.   
   >>>   
   >>>I'm not so sure about "couldn't possibly." They would need to learn the   
   >>>stories somehow, but (according to the fan wiki) the official position   
   >>>is that they *mostly* speak in metaphor. Children presumably learn some   
   >>>basics in plainer language, which really should have been tried with   
   >>>Picard, but a highly metaphorical species might not have thought of it.   
   >>   
   >> It's been discussed before (and better), but you cannot have a language   
   >> that is _entirely_ memes.   
   >   
   >That's probably why the "mostly" part is in there.   
      
   It might as well be "entirely" if you're unable to explain the meme   
   you're using.   
      
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