03-03-2007, 02:04 AM
Interesting. "feeling". i initially meant universal to humans, but since you asked the question to include all sentient beings, this might be even more interesting to me.
Grunt.
My next level of thought is that there has to be a syntax. And that everyone (or everything sentient) must have mastery over, therefore making it universal.
A language based on charades. i think that that would be a blast! Reminds me of a Star Trek episode (The Next Generation). The Enterprise meets up with a race of aliens who no one has been able to understand. They speak English but the universal translator can't make sense out of their use of the language. Turns out at the end, they figure out that they speak in metaphors (based on their mythology) to communicate.
Grunt. Grunt....Ugggg.
Grunt.
My next level of thought is that there has to be a syntax. And that everyone (or everything sentient) must have mastery over, therefore making it universal.
A language based on charades. i think that that would be a blast! Reminds me of a Star Trek episode (The Next Generation). The Enterprise meets up with a race of aliens who no one has been able to understand. They speak English but the universal translator can't make sense out of their use of the language. Turns out at the end, they figure out that they speak in metaphors (based on their mythology) to communicate.
Grunt. Grunt....Ugggg.