Uz language

From: Fantome@eworld.com
Date: Wed 06 Sep 1995 - 17:01:34 EEST


Sandy Petersen

>> WHY SANDY THINKS TROLL CULTURE IS INSTINCTIVE
 1) All dark trolls and all snow trolls speak Darktongue, <<

Does this mean a troll baby, will, if raised outside a troll settlement
access know darktongue to some degree?

Notice, that I stated 'know', as opposed to speak as speech requires practice
for the vocal chords to work properly. Note that 'speech' as a method of
communication is instinctive in some species. The best one I can think off
hand is the laughing of kookaburras (birds of the kingfisher family) to
indicate territory.

IMHO, if instinctive the level of Darktongue 'known' should be quite limited.
Whereas the human child would say 'bread' if it could (BTW, I liked the baby
stories), the troll baby says 'HUNGER!'.

Brian
Fantome@eworld.com <SPACE RESERVED FOR RENT>

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