Re: Natlangs in Fantasy Worlds

Jeff Rolin wrote:
>In the last episode, (On Sunday 11 November 2007 19:27:21), ROGER MILLS
>wrote:
> > Oddly, apparently I
> > overlooked the fact that both he and all the Kash are telepaths, which
> > would certainly solve the language problem....
> > But once he learned Kash, the story would have continued in English. One
>
>Not necessarily. Certainly in "Star Trek" and sci-fi of that ilk (think
>Stargate) telepaths seem to be able to communicate across languages and
>species,
The question is moot now, but it just occurred to me that perhaps a Terran--
or any species-- who had to _learn and be trained_ to use telepathy, might
have some initial difficulty communicating with people whose telepathy is
inborn, in everyday use and essentially nothing special. Different wiring,
different areas of the brain, perhaps :-)))