--- Rodlox <Rodlox@...> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Geoff Horswood <geoffhorswood@...>
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>
> > BTW, has anyone tried to come up with an elephant
> conlang before?
>
> I've considered sapient elephants before, but
> never in conlanging
> terms.....and there was one listmember who tried to
> make a crocodile-based
> conlang.
>
There was a science fiction novel back in the 60's or
70's. I don't recall the title or the author :( but it
had to do with Earth being invaded by an intelligent
elphant-like species. (The paperback cover showed
elephants holding ray guns in their trunks as I
recall!)
I do remember there were a lot of comments about their
language in the book. It seems they had a lot of
idoims that revolved around images of stomping and
trampling. Does anyone recall the name of the book?
If memory serves, it was by a very well known
mainstream scifi author.
--gary