Re: OT: My first published hypertext up on BathHouse

* Remi Villatel said on 2005-03-12 06:41:07 +0100
> IMHO it's just a side effect of our patriarchal society. The woman
> must stay at home to take care of the children so she must love them
> too. Perverted logic. In a century or two when Men and Women will
> behave undifferentiatly (sp?) all this will look soooo ridiculous.
>
> I'm [..] just an "undifferentiatist".  ;-)
Yo! Needs a better term though.

> The Shaqueans don't say "Hello" or "Good bye". When two Shaqueans meet, they
> usually ask /ri'rja ?/ which literally means "Do/Are/Have thou?" but which
> actually means "Can I speak to thee?" or "What can I do for thee?" depending
> on which one speaks first. It's the way to ask "Can we interact now?" or "Do
> thou allow me to enter thy personal space?". The answer is /daçógei/
> [daCOg_0e"i] "Let's get closer." to begin a conversation and /kterogëe/ is
> used to terminate it --even before it begins. It also fits well at the end
> of a letter or newsgroup message, like any expression which implies a future
> interaction.
Wonderful to see that there are other concultures in the universe that
don't try for standard politeness!

(Warning: Extremely asciified orthography follows!)
The equivalent way in (modern) Taruven is |saZu| /sAZ\u/, meaning "I see
you" to attempt to start a conversation, |ysaZu| /ysAZ\u/ "You are seen"
if the other part(y|ies) want to talk, |ësaZu| /esAZ\u/ "I don't see
you" if not. None of the above are really suited for ends of
letters/emails etc. Newsgroups, maybe, but |ësaZu| is the wrong way to
"sign off", since it implies no conversation took place.

Older Taruven styles had, thanks to an overgrown, inbred aristocracy
quite a few ways of being polite. These techniques survive in the city
of Xaldea, as ways of being insulting. Then again, Xaldeans pride
themselves on being capable of turning anything into an insult in ten
thousand different ways, so that isn't saying much.

Btw. quickly nearing 700 words/morphemes in the dictionary now!


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