Re: Conlangs in History

Fabian wrote:
> Quite high actually. English is the most famous example, but French very
> nearly followed suit as well. Japanese traditionally makes no distinction
> between singular and plural pronouns, although the plural suffix -gata
> or -tachi is occassionally used.
Well, Japanese has no number distinctions at all.  And, there were no
references to different pronouns by formality, but I guess it could
exist in Galactic.  And as I said in my reply to Tom, there were clearly
number distinctions in the 1st and 3rd person pronouns.  Also, at least
some nouns, since there were things like "Ships?  Not just one ship?" or
something to that effect.

Also, in one of the prequels, there was a story element involving a
mis-hearing of "layman-aided death" as "lemonade death" by a young
girl.  That's certainly

> If you want to express politeness to the lisatener, there are only so many
> ways it can be done, after all. It is a coincidence, but not a particularly
> unlikely one.
True, assuming that formality distinctions exist.

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