Re: experimental crocodile phonology questions

On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 20:57:03 -0000, caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...> wrote:
> In developing my conculture I encountered several non-human species
> that could talk.  I knew "sentient" was the wrong word, but I figured
> if the Latin verb "sentire" (to feel) could give us an English  word
> based on its present participle, then "loqui" (to speak) could also.
> And, indeed, I found one in the Oxford English Dictionary: loquent.
> It is obsolete, but it works for me.  I can now talk of loquent
> beings, meaning my six human races and a few non-human, all of whom
> can speak.
The general term I've seen in use is "sapient".



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