What a story!

[MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com]

In a message dated 1/2/2007 4:21:49 AM Central Standard Time, "M@" <matthew.dunlap@gmail.com> via 
ecartis@digitalkingdom.org writes:


> Actually now that I use those words it occurs to me that there's a science
> fiction book in that idea somewhere: just what would such a society be like?
> If you were even a little bit clever about it the race that was usually
> misunderstood would somehow parallel the challenges of today's machine
> interfaces.  They could then be encountered by a race from jboplini and
> depending on the message you want to send the rest of the book is based on
> the details, and any more thought on the matter will launch me onto a
> tangent which might result in writing a book.  One last thought on the book
> (not really, but it's the last one I'll write), I can't imagine any
> situation in which jbopre as the protagonists could achieve the entirely
> patronizing outcome I always associate with the desires of underdog
> supporters. now if the jbopre were the enemy. you'd have to tread carefully,
> but it could be done.


This ignores the fact that societies can exist without any language at all, and yet still be understood.  Examples forthcoming in the not-so-near future...

stevo