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Peace Talks snippet on Entertainment Weekly
morriswalters:
--- Quote from: g33k on February 03, 2020, 07:41:04 AM ---But Harry wasn't. In the brief time Harry had the coin before burying it, Lasciel embedded TWO dead languages (and a bunch of other stuff!) into Harry's brain.
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Lasciel sent a copy, with full fidelity. Which theoretically had every language spoken. It's a good thing it was done with magic since it breaks the Universe in multiple ways.
@Mira
Languages die. Effort has to be made to preserve those languages which have too few speakers. And in many cases that effort isn't made. They only evolve while still being spoken or written.
Arjan:
--- Quote from: Mira on February 03, 2020, 01:00:21 PM --- Language doesn't die, it evolves to something else.
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A lot of languages are in danger of dying out now. There are people who try to help: http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/
g33k:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on February 03, 2020, 03:15:33 PM --- Lasciel sent a copy, with full fidelity...
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No.
The entirety of what a Fallen Angel knows cannot possibly be encompassed within a mortal mind, and certainly included none of the powers &c. Lash was only a tiny fraction of Lasciel, even just a tiny fraction of her knowlege.
Mira:
--- Quote ---Languages die. Effort has to be made to preserve those languages which have too few speakers. And in many cases that effort isn't made. They only evolve while still being spoken or written.
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No, go to the dictionary, almost all the words and their meanings have origins in older words and older meanings, which come from older words yet.. The words didn't die, they evolved..
morriswalters:
I'm not saying your wrong, but that's a poor argument in this case. The mortal mind can't do a lot of things Jim has it do.
--- Quote from: Mira on February 03, 2020, 07:33:26 PM ---No, go to the dictionary, almost all the words and their meanings have origins in older words and older meanings, which come from older words yet.. The words didn't die, they evolved..
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Prior to the discovery of the Rosetta Stone you wouldn't have found any ancient Egyptian at all. Nobody spoke it and nobody could read it. What your saying is only true for languages with a shared alphabet. Sometimes.
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