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Re: Language of saurian/reptilian beings

From:Roberto Suarez Soto <ask4it@...>
Date:Friday, September 27, 2002, 14:24
On Sep/27/2002, Jan van Steenbergen wrote:

> Does it make sense? Well, I guess in one's fantasy anything is > possible, so why not?
Well, I'd like to keep it somewhat realistic :-)
> The only thing that doesn't convince me is the argument that birds > descend from reptiles as a justification for tonality. In my > imagination, the animals you describe above would rather growl than > sing.
Well, it's not really a justification, but more a side effect :-) Anyway, I think they really could have a phonic system close to the birds'. Though I don't know exactly what's what they have O:-)
> But, on the other hand, you will never hear me say that growling cannot be > musical.
Or you could also say that there's music that sounds just like growling :-) -- Roberto Suarez Soto