tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Nov 08 07:45:04 1995
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Re: Sign languages
- From: "Garrett Michael Hayes" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Sign languages
- Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 10:52:10 EST
- Organization: Client/Server Labs
- Priority: normal
On 7 Nov 95 at 17:39, Anthony Curran wrote:
> What we might be forgetting is that sign languages are not only for the
> deaf. Both hunters and warriors use signs to communicate with their
> comrades. I remember from Linguistics 101 that it has been suggested that
> sign languages may have preceded spoken languages on Earth. A warrior
> society like the Klingons may indeed have sign languages of which Worf is
> ignorant.
Or perhaps it is just that some of the critical signs are "rude" in
the Federation......
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