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alexseanchai) wrote2016-08-19 07:33 pm
alexseanchai) wrote2016-08-19 07:33 pm
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Conlang thought someone probably already thunk: Words with the sole purpose of establishing the truth value of the statement. Or, no, not truth value. Veracity? Something. "I know this is true because I personally experienced it", "I know this is true because someone I trust told me they personally experienced it", "I think this is true but cannot be certain", maybe a couple others. And a strong cultural prohibition on lying.
Bet, assuming US-standard sexism, men use the first a lot where women use the third a lot.
Bet, assuming US-standard sexism, men use the first a lot where women use the third a lot.
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Hellspark is a book I really love and contains a lot of different cultures interacting with each other.
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Oooh!
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There's a gesture involved too, snapping your arm out. And status is indicated with bracelets, so if you MAKE A LOT OF NOISE when you gesture something is certain, it gets a lot of attention.
Also, that character had like a pathological fear of making things happen by saying them. It was practically impossible for him to talk in hypotheticals, and when he needed to tell someone he suspected like, sabotage and murder, but was not at all sure, he had to pointedly not say it around someone who would notice his silence and figure out what he was avoiding saying.
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Ooooh interesting! I shall have to find this book.
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Oooh. Hmmm. :)
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♥!