Re: A wacky language
| From: | Ray Brown <ray.brown@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, February 4, 2004, 18:56 |
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On Wednesday, February 4, 2004, at 06:52 AM, Philippe Caquant wrote:
> The language will be a written-only one. It will be
> impossible to use in talk, because it will be
> three-dimensional (
...because its "speakers" communicate by telepahy, not by uttering
sounds :)
And even writing in 3-dimensions is going to be a challenge. Practically
all human writing is plain ol' 2-dimensional stuff representing linear,
1-dimensional spoken languages.
Now that'd be a real challenge.
Ray
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