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 From: weberm@polaris.net 
  
 thetruemelissa@gmail.com wrote: 
 > weberm@polaris.net delivered unto us this message: 
 >> thetruemelissa@gmail.com wrote: 
 >>> anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote: 
  
 >>>> You couldn?t possibly develop a language like that naturally.  You'd 
 >>>> have to start with a real language and then change it just to be 
 >>>> annoying. 
 >>> 
 >>>I'm not so sure about "couldn't possibly." They would need to learn the 
 >>>stories somehow, but (according to the fan wiki) the official position 
 >>>is that they *mostly* speak in metaphor. Children presumably learn some 
 >>>basics in plainer language, which really should have been tried with 
 >>>Picard, but a highly metaphorical species might not have thought of it. 
 >> 
 >> It's been discussed before (and better), but you cannot have a language 
 >> that is _entirely_ memes. 
 > 
 >That's probably why the "mostly" part is in there. 
  
 It might as well be "entirely" if you're unable to explain the meme 
 you're using. 
  
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