Re: Implosive consonants, dynamism, moods

H. S. Teoh scripsit:

> The conlang Laadan takes this to the extreme: it has a
> mood to indicate a rumor you heard from somebody you trust, another mood
> to indicate a rumor you heard from somebody you don't trust, another mood
> to indicate that something is your gut feeling, yet another mood to
> indicate that something is what you think is true but you're not sure,
> etc..
Lojban's system (which unlike Laadan's is entirely optional, like almost
everything in Lojban), has markers for the following sources for a statement:

        anticipation, experience, memory, assumption, general cultural
        knowledge, from a dream/vision/revelation, hearsay, direct
        observation, opinion, reasoning, generalization from evidence,
        particular case of general rule, other.

> Lawyer: (n.) An innocence-vending machine, the effectiveness of which depends
> on how much money is inserted.
Penang lawyer: a walking stick cored out and filled with lead.

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